Hidden No More: Week 20 round-up
…1962, while working at Bell Labs, West and Gerhard Sessler patented their invention, the electret microphone. The majority of electronic devices with microphones, like smartphones and hearing aids, use this…
…1962, while working at Bell Labs, West and Gerhard Sessler patented their invention, the electret microphone. The majority of electronic devices with microphones, like smartphones and hearing aids, use this…
…blue baby syndrome. McKinley Thompson, Jr., Car Designer Ford Motor Company hired Thompson in 1956, after he’d completed a degree in transportation design. He was Ford’s first African American designer….
…the gift in the manner you designate. The gifts are irrevocable. Charitable Lead Trusts These can provide Morehead with a current stream of income for the number of years you…
…her student at West Virginia State College’s laboratory high school, remembered her as “a wonderful teacher.” Flemmie Kittrell, Nutritionist & Educator In 1936, Kittrell became the first African American woman…
…positions are now filled, but we are still considering applications for Sales Associate for the 2024-25 school year. Sales Associates work in our box office and museum store, selling tickets…
…is the first African American involved in discovering an element. Charles Harrison, Industrial Designer Harrison was responsible for designing 100s of products sold by Sears. The first plastic trash bin…
…site that he and a fellow student made was published in the American Journal of Archaeology in 1891. Bettye Washington Greene, Industrial Research Chemist When Greene joined Dow Chemical Company…
…in indoor climate control to design Radio City Music Hall’s heating system. Marie Daly, Chemist & Educator In 1947, Daly became the first African American woman to earn a chemistry…
…Yale in 1876, the first time any American university conferred a doctorate on an African American. He went on to teach at Philadelphia’s Institute for Colored Youth for 26 years….
…& the History of Technology,” explored ways in which women and people of color have contributed to American innovation. Julian Abele, Architect When Duke University was being built, Abele was…