He graduated from Argos High School in 1914, and from Western Military Academy (Alton, Illinois) in 1915.He graduated from Purdue University in 1921 with a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering.Slayter served on the Materials Advisory Board of the United States National Research Council, and consulted on industrial applications for NASA.He was also a member of the Board of Distinguished Consultants for the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers and the Advisory Counsel of the Patent, Trade Mark, and Copyright Foundation.Slayter was a Fellow or Member of: He received the Quarter Century Citation award from the National Academy of Sciences.