 However, his leadership has since been criticized because Gault's successor was less than adequate and Rubbermaid ended up being bought in 1999 by a competitor, Newell.In 1994 he was inducted into Junior Achievement's U.S. Business Hall of Fame.Gault was a major donor to The College of Wooster (where he earned a bachelor of arts degree in geology in 1948) and many non-profit agencies in the Wooster, Ohio area.