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| Richard G. Drew |
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| adhesive tape |
Richard Gurley Drew (June 22, 1899 – December 14, 1980) was born in St. Paul, Minnesota and was an American inventor who worked for Johnson and Johnson, Permacel Co., and 3M in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he invented masking tape and cellophane tape.
Selected Awards/Distinctions
• 1978 Minnesota Inventors Hall of Fame
• 2007 National Inventors Hall of Fame
• 2007 Development of Scotch Transparent Tape designated as a ‘National Historic Chemical Landmark’ by The American Chemical Society.
Richard G. Drew invented masking tape and clear adhesive tape and it also called cellophane tape or Scotch tape. Drew's first tape invention was a masking tape made for painters in 1923 and this tape was designed to help painters paint a straight border between two colors. He was an engineer for the 3M company or the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing.
