Norris R. Legue

" The Guru of Glue "

 

Norris R. Legue, 85, died Sunday, May 29, 2022, at his home in Fanwood, NJ.  The visitation will be on Thursday, June 2, 2022 from 5-8p.m. at the Rossi Funeral Home, Scotch Plains, NJ.  The Funeral Services will be held on Friday, June 3, 2022, 10a.m. at St. Bartholomew the Apostle Roman Catholic Church, Scotch Plains, NJ.  In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Scotch Plains Rescue Squad.  

 
Norris was born December 31, in New Orleans, Louisiana to Oscar and Olga Legue.  A longtime resident of Scotch Plains, NJ, Norris loved visiting new places and seeing new things, both in the city and in the wilderness, locally and far away.  His personal philosophy was that life is to be enjoyed.  If you like your job, your efforts are rewarding instead of boring.  If your earnings from your hard work exceed necessary expenses, spend a lot of it on fun and other things that please you.  Norris lived by that rule, loved his job, and worked pretty much up to the day he died.  
 
He graduated from Seton Hall University with a degree in Chemistry.  He spent years developing adhesives in the basement of his home, and testing samples by placing them through a window onto the rooftop, and then left them there through all the seasons and weather conditions, to assure their durability.  Soon after, he knew he was onto something, and became the Founder, President and Owner of Synthetic Surfaces Inc.  In about 1969, he developed the first one-part urethane adhesive used successfully to glue down a synthetic turf football field.  He owned six patents.  His company’s new generations of NORDOT Adhesives are used to install synthetic turf more than other adhesives in the world.  Hence, the reason that his peers dubbed him the “Guru of Glue”.  
 
Norris married Dorothy “Dotty” Samuelson in 1959, and the two were life-long companions until Dotty’s death in 2014.  The NORDOT brand name is a combination of Norris’s and Dotty’s name.  He is survived by his children Robin Harabin (Robert), Kirk Legue (Peggy), and Karen Hoag (Kevin); his three grandchildren Nancy Verdic, Alyssa Hanly, and Brian Legue; his great-grandson Dylan Verdic; and as well as his aide of 4 yrs. Zita, who was by his side at the time of his passing.  

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