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Louis Keller

Louis Keller

Bobcat® Skid-Steer Loader

Louis Keller and his brother Cyril Keller invented the world’s first compact loader and helped launch the compact equipment industry in the late…
Inducted in: 2023
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 3,151,503
Died:
Military Service: U.S. Army
Cyril Keller

Cyril Keller

Bobcat® Skid-Steer Loader

Brothers Cyril and Louis Keller played a key role in launching the compact equipment industry in the late 1950s and early 1960s with their invention…
Inducted in: 2023
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 3,151,503
Died:
Military Service: U.S. Navy
Alice Stoll

Alice Stoll

Fire-Resistant Fibers and Fabrics

Alice Stoll, a research physiologist and pioneer in aerospace medicine, led the development of fire-resistant fabrics in the 1960s. Her work made it…
Inducted in: 2024
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 3,148,531
Died:
Military Service: U.S. Navy
Dana Bookbinder

Dana Bookbinder

Bend-Insensitive Optical Fiber

Dana Bookbinder, Ming-Jun Li and Pushkar Tandon invented bend-insensitive ClearCurve® optical fiber. Because this breakthrough technology can bend…
Inducted in: 2022
Born:
U.S. Patent Nos.: 7,450,806, 7,903,917, 8,385,701
Sumita Mitra

Sumita Mitra

Nanocomposite Dental Materials

Sumita Mitra invented the first dental filling material to include nanoparticles – Filtek™ Supreme Universal Restorative. This strong, versatile…
Inducted in: 2018
Born:
U.S. Patent Nos.: 6,730,156, 6,572,693, 6,387,981
Pamela Marrone

Pamela Marrone

Biological Pest Control

Entrepreneur and entomologist Pamela Marrone has developed and brought to market effective, environmentally responsible, nature-based products for…
Inducted in: 2025
Born:
U.S. Patent Nos.: 6,060,051, 11,382,331