George F. Fuller

George Freeman Fuller (1869–1962) was a 20th-century industrialist in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States who became president of the Wyman-Gordon company.

Service in the war caused Fuller's father to suffer lifelong health problems, issues that eventually lead to his death in 1880.

In the years after his father's death, Fuller assumed financial responsibility for his sister and widowed mother.

[1] He had already done much to improve the “quality and durability of forged metal.” His most famous and successful accomplishment was to develop a heat treating process making steel strong enough to be used in train couplings and the first automobile crankshafts.

The Foundation allocates money for cultural, educational, health care, social service projects.

The foundation continues to support annual scholarships for students from the Worcester area attending WPI.

The George F. and Sybil H. Fuller Atrium in WPI’s new Sports and Recreation Center opened in August 2012.