Richard Drew
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About
Inventor of scotch tape, which gave humanity a way to fix practically anything.
Before Fame
He worked for 3M, which was at the time just a modest manufacturer of sandpaper.
Trivia
He noticed a local body shop was having trouble keeping straight lines when painting cars, which inspired him to come up with masking tape.
Family Life
He didn't have much interest in science or engineering growing up, preferring to play the banjo instead.
Associated With
His tape and its distributor 3M were helped along by businessman Kevin Sharer.