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Biography
Gagnebin was born in 1909. He graduated from Yale University with a degree in metallurgy.
Gagnebin started work at the International Nickel Company's Bayonne NJ laboratory. Over the course of a few years he and co-inventors Keith Mills and Norman Pilling developed ductile cast iron, which they had observed by chance. The product, which was patented in 1949, quickly became popular for agricultural machinery, automotive parts and pipes.
Gagnebin wrote "The Fundamentals of Iron and Steel Castings" in 1957, and was celebrated by the American Foundrymen's Society in 1952, and the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers in 1977 for his patent.
He rose in the company to become in 1964 vice-president in charge of research, development and sales for all of the company's metal products. He was appointed president in 1967 and chairman in 1971; he retired in 1974 at the age of 65 and remained on the board of directors until 1980.
Gagnebin died in February 1999. He was survived by his wife, Grace, and two daughters, Anne Coffin and Joan Wicks.
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