National Gypsum Company -- Company History


Baker, who became president of National Gypsum upon Haggerty's death in 1928, ensured the company's survival by agreeing to pay U.S. Gypsum and Universal Gypsum, the competitors who filed the suits, a percentage of National Gypsum's profits until U.S. Gypsum's patent on covering the edges of wallboard with paper and Universal's claim to ...
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