George Carruthers
October 1, 1939- Present
From Cincinnati, Ohio, George Carruthers developed his own telescope by using cardboard tubing and mail-order lenses he bought with money from his delivery boy job at the age of 10. In 1957, Carruthers graduated from Englewood High School in Chicago, where they relocated after his father passed away. He entered the engineering program at the University of Illinois’ Champaign-Urbana Campus, receiving his bachelor’s degree in 1961. Continuing there, he received his masters’ in nuclear engineering in 1962 and PH.D. in aeronautical & astronautical engineering in 1964. Two years later, he served as a full-time research physicist at the NRL’s E.O. Hurlburt Center for Space Research.
On November 11, 1969, he was awarded a patent for his “Image Converter for Detecting Electromagnetic Radiation Especially in Short Wave Lengths”. Carruthers’ UV telescope/image converter provided the first proof of existence of molecular hydrogen in interstellar space during a rocket flight in 1970. His telescope was used on April 21, 1972, during the first lunar walk of the Apollo 16 mission, where he was awarded NASA’S Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal for his work on that project.
In 1991, George Carruthers went on to invent a camera that was used in the Space Shuttle Mission.
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Sarah Boone
Birth/Death date Unknown
Invented the “Ironing Board” She received a patent on April 26, 1982 for the invention that helped neatly iron clothing. It was made of a narrow wooden board with collapsible legs, and a padded cover, specifically designed for the fitted clothing they wore during that time.
John Lee Love
September 26, 1889- December 26, 1931
From Mecklenburg County, North Carolina… citizen of Fall River, Massachusetts, John Lee Love invented the portable pencil sharpener; one designed to contain the shavings inside the sharpener. He reported that his pencil sharpener could also be used as a desk ornament or paper weight. John Lee Love’s pencil sharpener was patented on November 23, 1985.
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