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Andrew Jackson Beard

Andrew J. Beard

Jenny Coupler for Railroad Cars

Andrew Jackson Beard invented improvements to the automatic railroad car coupler, a device that dramatically reduced serious injuries to railroad…
Inducted in: 2006
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 594,059
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Andrew Higgins

LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel); Higgins Boats

Andrew Higgins, a New Orleans-based boat builder and inventor, developed and manufactured landing craft critical to the success of the U.S. military…
Inducted in: 2019
Born:
U.S. Patent Nos.: 2,144,111, 2,341,866
Died:

Andrew J. Moyer

Method for Production of Penicillin

Andrew J. Moyer's discoveries provided the foundation for the industrial production of penicillin. Born in Star City, Indiana, Moyer received his A.B…
Inducted in: 1987
Born:
U.S. Patent Nos.: 2,442,141, 2,443,989
Died:
Military Service: U.S. Army

Andrew Smith Hallidie

Cable Car

Andrew Hallidie left his mark on San Francisco as the inventor of the first cable railway, which enabled the widespread use of cable cars throughout…
Inducted in: 2006
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 100,140
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Andrew Alford

Localizer Antenna System

Andrew Alford invented and developed antennas for radio navigation systems, including VOR and instrument landing systems featuring the "Alford Loop…
Inducted in: 1983
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 2,682,050
Died:
Andrew J. Viterbi headshot

Andrew J. Viterbi

CDMA Technology

Andrew Viterbi and Irwin Jacobs are co-founders of Qualcomm and also the Linkabit Corporation. At Qualcomm, they were major contributors to code…
Inducted in: 2013
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 5,103,459

Roy J. Plunkett

Teflon

Chemist Roy J. Plunkett discovered tetrafluoroethylene resin while researching refrigerants at DuPont. Known by its trade name Teflon®, Plunkett's…
Inducted in: 1985
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 2,230,654
Died:
Irwin Mark Jacobs headshot

Irwin Mark Jacobs

CDMA Technology

Qualcomm's co-founders Irwin Jacobs, Klein Gilhousen, and Andrew Viterbi made major contributions to code division multiple access (CDMA), the…
Inducted in: 2013
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 4,901,307

Bryan B. Molloy

Prozac

Bryan Molloy and Klaus Schmiegel co-invented a class of aryloxyphenylpropylamines, which includes the active ingredient in Prozac®, the most widely…
Inducted in: 1999
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 4,314,081
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Warren S. Johnson

Temperature Control

Warren Johnson was born in 1847 in Leicester, Vermont, to homesteading farmers. Two years later, the family moved to Wisconsin, where the largely…
Inducted in: 2018
Born:
U.S. Patent Nos.: 542,733, 281,884
Died:
Mary-Dell Chilton

Mary-Dell Chilton

Transgenic Plant

Mary-Dell Chilton is one of the founders of modern plant biotechnology. She led the research team that produced the first transgenic, or genetically…
Inducted in: 2015
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 6,051,757