INDA Lifetime Achievement Award

WAYNE HAYS

Inducted 2001

Wayne Hays

WAYNE HAYS
Born – January 3, 1924
Van Buren, Arkansas

EDUCATION
BS, Chemistry
University of Arkansas 1949

MBA
Northeastern University 1965

MILILTARY
Pilot, Naval Air Corp
1943-1945

WORK EXPERIENCE
Sinclair Oil & Gas Company 1949-1953
Okla, Texas

Callaway Mills Co. 1953-1959
La Grange, Georgia

Kendall Company, Nonwoven Products Division 1959-1982
Walpole, Massachusetts

Research & Development
Product Development
Product Manager
Marketing Manager
Director of Marketing
General Manager
Helped develop and served as Charter President of Disposables Association (now INDA) 1977-1978

The Lutravil Company (now Freudenberg Spunweb) 1982-1988
Durham, North Carolina

POST RETIREMENT

1988-1991
Nonwoven Consultant to Freudenberg West Germany

1991-1993
Consultant to North Carolina State University
Helped found Nonwoven Cooperative Research Center (NCRC)

1994-1995
President of INDA

1995-1999
Consultant to INDA