William Elvis Sloan

William Elvis Sloan I invented the Flushometer flushing mechanism for toilets and urinals. It is installed in millions of commercial, institutional and industrial restrooms worldwide.

Biography

He was born in Liberty, Missouri, in October 1867. He was an apprentice pipe fitter in Missouri then moved to Chicago, Illinois. He married Bertha Moore in 1898 in Chicago, Illinois, and they had a child, Edith Marie Sloan.
In 1906, he founded Sloan Valve Company, which is now headquartered in Franklin Park, Illinois.
He died on June 25, 1961, at the age of 93 in Chicago, Illinois, and was buried in Oak Park, Illinois.

Legacy

With the exception of a period of time in the 1940s and early 1950s, Sloan Valve has been under the leadership of W.E. Sloan’s descendants. He had a grandson, William Elvis Sloan II.