. Transactions. merger which created the United States Steel Corporationwas formed in 1901, he was made the first vice-president in recognitionof his services, and did work of a most important character, having chargeof the department of raw materials and their transportation. Mr. Gay-ley resigned from the Steel Corporation in 1908, and since that time waspresident of the American Ore Reclamation Co. and the Sheffield IronCorporation, as well as director in other companies. During his brilliant career, Mr. Gayley made many important con-tributions to the metallurgical industry. Among his inven
. Transactions. merger which created the United States Steel Corporationwas formed in 1901, he was made the first vice-president in recognitionof his services, and did work of a most important character, having chargeof the department of raw materials and their transportation. Mr. Gay-ley resigned from the Steel Corporation in 1908, and since that time waspresident of the American Ore Reclamation Co. and the Sheffield IronCorporation, as well as director in other companies. During his brilliant career, Mr. Gayley made many important con-tributions to the metallurgical industry. Among his inventions the dryair blast was probably the most important, its use resulting in important 639 640 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES fuel economy with a uniformity of furnace product previously unobtain-able. The Franklin Institute awarded him the Elliott Cresson medal in1908 for this inventon, and, in 1913, he received the Perkin gold medalfor his iron inventions. Among Mr. Gayleys gifts to Lafayette College was the laboratory. James Gaylet. of chemistry and metallurgy known as Gayley Hall, presented in 1902. Mr. Gayley made many important contributions to technical litera-ture. Among those to the Transactions are: A Chilled Blast-furnaceHearth, Development of American Blast Furnaces, with Special Refer-ence to Large Yields, The Preservation of the Hearth and Bosh Walls ofthe Blast Furnace, and Application of Dry-air Blast to the Manufactureof Iron. Mr. Gayley became a member of the American Institute of MiningEngineers in 1880; was manager, 1896-1898; served as vice-president, JAMES GAYLEY 641 1902-1903; as president, 1904-1905; as president of the Board of Direc-tors, 1905-1911; and as director, 1905-1913. He was also a member ofthe American Iron and Steel Institute, the (British) Iron and Steel Insti-tute and a number of clubs. The following tributes by members of the Institute were published inIron Trade Review: E. H. Gary.—James Gayley was possessed of fine qualities of mind and
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