He was drafted into the British Army during World War I but received a maximum exemption through the efforts of his employer.

Taylor had developed a lens polishing machine that Eastman was interested in using for his camera manufacturing business.

He invented a glass-melting furnace that allowed Corning Glass to create its line of Corelle glassware.

He discovered glacial erratics, kettle hole bogs and figured out how the mammoths and mastodons migrated through the area during the ice ages.

Preston worked to form the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, which purchased the land that became Moraine State Park, recreated the glacial landscape and preserved open spaces.

The mines were sealed, over 400 oil and gas wells were capped, and the land that had been stripped was covered again with back fill, and graded to resemble its former condition.

[5] Frank W. Preston continued to work in ecology and conservation in his adopted home state of Pennsylvania.