Bob Switzer | |
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| Born | May 19, 1914 Fromberg, Montana |
| Died | August 20, 1997 (aged 83) Shaker Heights, Ohio |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Inventor, businessman, and environmentalist |
| Known for | Co-inventor of the first black light fluorescent paint |
Robert C. Switzer (19 May 1914 – 20 August 1997) was an American inventor, businessman and environmentalist. Switzer was co-inventor of the first black light fluorescent paint along with his brother Joseph Switzer and the inventor of the Magnaglo process for nondestructive flaw-detection in machined parts. The brothers founded the Day-Glo Color Corp. in 1946 to develop and manufacture fluorescent paints, pigments and other products.