He developed Electrical Porcelain with transmission engineers at GE. His family continued to work at Building 68 in Schenectady for decades. William's son Frank Cermak advanced insulator design into the mid 20th century.
When Rex Harrison accepted his Academy Award for My Fair Lady (1964), he dedicated it to his two fair ladies, Audrey Hepburn and Julie Andrews both who had played Eliza Doolittle with him.
The photo of the Pink Lady of Greencastle is one of the most famous in the United States. Taken during a investigation at the OâHare Mansion in Greencastle, IN, the photos reportedly show a ghostly woman standing near the window. Many believe the eerie figure is Irene OâHare, the former lady of the manor.