Ray Stanton Avery | |
|---|---|
 R. Stanton Avery in 1974 | |
| Born | January 13, 1907 Oklahoma |
| Died | December 12, 1997 (aged 90) |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Stan Avery, Stan the Sticker Man |
| Education | Bachelor of Arts, Pomona College, 1932 |
| Occupation | Businessman/Inventor |
| Employer | Avery Dennison Corporation |
| Known for | Invention of the resealable sticker, philanthropic donor, trustee of nonprofit organizations |
| Spouses | Margaret Lolhker (m. 1932)Dorothy Durfee, c. 1935
(died 1964)Ernestine Onderdonk
(m. 1965; died 1997) |
R. Stanton Avery (January 13, 1907 – December 12, 1997) was an American inventor,[1] most known for creating self-adhesive labels (modern stickers). Using a $100 loan from his then-fiancé Dorothy Durfee, and combining used machine parts with a saber saw, he created and patented the world's first self-adhesive (also called pressure sensitive) die-cut labeling machine. In 1935, he founded what is now the Avery Dennison Corporation.[2][3]
Avery served as chairman of the board of trustees of California Institute of Technology, and was a member of the board of trustees of the Huntington Library and the board of trustees of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.[4][3]
Avery House at Caltech is named after him.
- ^ "Avery, R. Stanton". American National Biography Online. Oxford University Press. (subscription required)
- ^ "A History Shaped By Values". Avery Dennison. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
- ^ a b "R. Stanton Avery 1907–1997". Engineering & Science. California Institute of Technology. 1997.
- ^ "R. Stanton Avery, 90, Inventor and Producer of Self-Sticking Labels". The New York Times. December 22, 1997.