King Camp Gillette, bane of chin whiskers, five o'clock shadow, and unwanted body hair, is being posthumously inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his razor innovations, Procter & Gamble Co. said today.
Gillette was granted a 1904 patent for a revolutionary product called the safety razor, the product that launched the Boston company that bore his name - and that is now part of Procter & Gamble, the Cincinnati-based company known for consumer products.
In a ceremony today in Akron, Ohio, home town of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, Gillette will be enshrined along with such legends as Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell, Procter & Gamble said.
"King C. Gillette represents the American ideals of determination and invention, and we are proud that he has been inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame," Gillette associate director Kelly Vanasse said in a statement. "Gillette founded this company on a time-honed credo, 'There is a better way to shave, and we will find it,' which we uphold today through ongoing innovation and technological superiority."
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)
