George Westinghouse

George Westinghouse

male, deceased
George Westinghouse, Jr (6 October 1846-12 March 1914) was an American entrepreneur and engineer who invented the railroad air brake and was a...
Betty Furness

Betty Furness

female, deceased
Elizabeth Mary Furness, better known as Betty Furness (born January 3, 1916; died April 2, 1994) was an American actress, consumer advocate and...
Mel Karmazin

Mel Karmazin

male (New York, ny, United States)
Melvin Alan "Mel" Karmazin, a native New Yorker, (born August 24, 1943) is an executive who has held several top jobs in the broadcasting industry...
Laurence Tisch

Laurence Tisch

male, deceased
Laurence Alan Tisch (born March 5 1923, died November 15 2003) was a Wall Street investor and self-made billionaire. He was the CEO of CBS...
Lucien Gaulard

Lucien Gaulard

male, deceased
Lucien Gaulard (1850 - November 26, 1888) invented devices for the transmission of alternating current electrical energy. Gaulard was born in...
Harold P. Brown

Harold P. Brown

male
Harold Pitney Brown was the American inventor of the electric chair. He was hired by Thomas Edison to help develop the chair after he wrote an...
John Hart

John Hart

male
John Hart (born February 1, 1932, Denver, Colorado) is a retired television journalist who worked for several different television networks during...
Ira Flatow

Ira Flatow

male
Ira Flatow (born March 9, 1949) is a radio and television journalist who hosts National Public Radio's popular "Science Friday". He is probably...
Heinrich Welker

Heinrich Welker

male, deceased
Heinrich Johann Welker (September 9, 1912 in Ingolstadt, Germany - December 25, 1981 in Erlangen, Germany) was a German theoretical and applied...