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Otis Frank Boykin (August 29, 1920 – March 26, 1982) was an American inventor and engineer. [1] His inventions include electrical resistors used in computing , missile guidance , and pacemakers .
Otis Boykin: 1920 Electrical resistor [502] 2014 Richard DiMarchi: 1952 Insulin Lispro [503] 2014 Willis Whitfield: 1919 Clean room [504] 2015 Charles R. Drew: 1904 Surgical needle [505] 2015 Edith Clarke: 1883 Graphical calculator [506] 2015 Gary D. Sharp: 1962 Polarization-control technology [507] 2015 George Edward Alcorn Jr. 1940 X-ray ...
Otis Boykin: Withdrew Most notable invention was likely the control unit for the artificial heart pacemaker, which used electrical impulses to maintain a regular heartbeat. He also contributed more than 25 other military and commercial electronic devices. [39] Martin Cooper: 1950: Inventor of the mobile phone while working at Motorola.
Early in his career, inventor Otis Boykin began working for the company as a laboratory assistant, eventually becoming plant foreman. [27] Majestic Radio & Television submitted a voluntary reorganization plan after filing for bankruptcy on October 24, 1939.
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Thomas Boykin, 52, was arrested Tuesday and faces three counts of aggravated assault. His son and stepdaughter are in serious condition. Mansfield teacher assaults wife, shoots 13-year-old son, 21 ...
Otis Boykin: 1942 inventor, control device for the heart pacemaker: St. Elmo Brady: first African American to earn a doctorate in Chemistry: Virginia E. Walker Broughton: 1875, 1878 author and Baptist missionary [1] [2] [3] Cora Brown: first African-American woman elected to a state senate James Dallas Burrus: 1875 educator John Houston Burrus ...
Darren Boykin died in 2019 after officers in Texarkana, Texas arrested him as a suspect in a series of petty thefts. Video has been released in the death of a 23-year-old man who died in police ...