Otis Boykin was an African American inventor and engineer who was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He is responsible to over 28 electronic devices. He also worked with inventions for guided missiles, IBM computers, and the pacemaker. His most famous invention was the pacemaker which has saved millions of lives. Boykin had a specific interest in resistors. With patents for a wire precision resistor, his invention was later used in televisions and radios. He invented temperature durable devices that were also pressure resistant and later used by the US military.
In honor of Black History Month, I wanted to shed light on African American pioneers in the engineering field for this week. I found three individuals who may have gone unnoticed by the majority but still had a monumental impact on the technological advances that we have achieved today. Garrett Morgan, Lewis Latimer, and Otis Boykin have all done their part and deserve recognition.
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