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Grier started his career as an [[electrical engineer]] for MIT from 1934 to 1947.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Who's Who in America |edition=53rd |volume=1 |title=Grier, Herbert Earl |publisher=Marquis Who's Who |location=New Providence, New Jersey |url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinamerica01newp/page/1746 |page=1747 |year=1999 |isbn=0837901928}}</ref> During this time period, Grier co-invented a miniature [[stroboscope]] alongside [[Harold Edgerton]] and [[Kenneth Germeshausen]] in 1934. Years later, Grier and his colleagues created a [[Kodak]] handheld [[flash (photography)|flash]] for newspaper photographers in 1940.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=O'Gorman |first1=Ned |last2=Hamilton |first2=Kevin |title=EG&G and the Deep Media of Timing, Firing, and Exposing |journal=Journal of War & Culture Studies |date=2016 |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=185, 187-89 |doi=10.1080/17526272.2016.1190205}}</ref> While working on [[aerial photography]] for Edgerton during World War II, Grier joined the [[Manhattan Project]] and built the firing mechanism used in the [[Fat Man]] bomb.<ref>O'Gorman & Hamilton 2016 p. 192.</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Nuclear Blasts Were His Bag For Many Years |work=Nevada State Journal |date=1 June 1976 |page=3}}</ref>
Grier started his career as an [[electrical engineer]] for MIT from 1934 to 1947.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Who's Who in America |edition=53rd |volume=1 |title=Grier, Herbert Earl |publisher=Marquis Who's Who |location=New Providence, New Jersey |url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinamerica01newp/page/1746 |page=1747 |year=1999 |isbn=0837901928}}</ref> During this time period, Grier co-invented a miniature [[stroboscope]] alongside [[Harold Edgerton]] and [[Kenneth Germeshausen]] in 1934. Years later, Grier and his colleagues created a [[Kodak]] handheld [[flash (photography)|flash]] for newspaper photographers in 1940.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=O'Gorman |first1=Ned |last2=Hamilton |first2=Kevin |title=EG&G and the Deep Media of Timing, Firing, and Exposing |journal=Journal of War & Culture Studies |date=2016 |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=185, 187-89 |doi=10.1080/17526272.2016.1190205}}</ref> While working on [[aerial photography]] for Edgerton during World War II, Grier joined the [[Manhattan Project]] and built the firing mechanism used in the [[Fat Man]] bomb.<ref>O'Gorman & Hamilton 2016 p. 192.</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Nuclear Blasts Were His Bag For Many Years |work=Nevada State Journal |date=1 June 1976 |page=3}}</ref>


After forming [[EG&G]] with Edgerton and Germeshausen in 1947, Grier was involved in nuclear testings between the late 1940s and 1950s. These included [[Operation Sandstone]], [[Operation Ranger]] and [[Operation Ivy]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hall |first1=Michael D. |title=Remembering EG&G, Part IV Pioneering Days |date=January 13, 2017 |url=https://nationalatomictestingmuseum.org/2017/01/15/spot-on-january-13-2017/ |website=National Atomic Testing Museum |accessdate=November 25, 2019}}</ref> With
After forming [[EG&G]] with Edgerton and Germeshausen in 1947, Grier was involved in nuclear testings between the late 1940s and early 1950s. These included [[Operation Sandstone]], [[Operation Ranger]] and [[Operation Ivy]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hall |first1=Michael D. |title=Remembering EG&G, Part IV Pioneering Days |date=January 13, 2017 |url=https://nationalatomictestingmuseum.org/2017/01/15/spot-on-january-13-2017/ |website=National Atomic Testing Museum |accessdate=November 25, 2019}}</ref>
EG&G, Grier was the company's president until 1976 and was a consultant from 1983 to 1994. Other executive roles Grier had were president of GEC Geonuclear Company from 1965 to 1983 and chairman of Reynolds Electrical & Engineering Company from 1969 to 1971.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=American men & women of science |edition=19th |volume=3 |title=Grier, Herbert E. |publisher=R.R Bowker |location=New Providence, New Jersey |url=https://archive.org/details/americanmenw959603rrbo/page/394 |page=394 |year=1994 |isbn=0835234665}}</ref>
With EG&G, Grier was the company's president until 1976 and was a consultant from 1983 to 1994. Other executive roles Grier had were president of GEC Geonuclear Company from 1965 to 1983 and chairman of Reynolds Electrical & Engineering Company from 1969 to 1971.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=American men & women of science |edition=19th |volume=3 |title=Grier, Herbert E. |publisher=R.R Bowker |location=New Providence, New Jersey |url=https://archive.org/details/americanmenw959603rrbo/page/394 |page=394 |year=1994 |isbn=0835234665}}</ref>


==Awards and honors==
==Awards and honors==

Revision as of 20:36, 25 November 2019

Herbert Earl Grier (July 3, 1911 — March 17, 1999)

Early life and education

Grier was born on July 3, 1911 in Chicago, Illinois. For his post-secondary education, Grier graduated with a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the early 1930s.

Career

Grier started his career as an electrical engineer for MIT from 1934 to 1947.[1] During this time period, Grier co-invented a miniature stroboscope alongside Harold Edgerton and Kenneth Germeshausen in 1934. Years later, Grier and his colleagues created a Kodak handheld flash for newspaper photographers in 1940.[2] While working on aerial photography for Edgerton during World War II, Grier joined the Manhattan Project and built the firing mechanism used in the Fat Man bomb.[3][4]

After forming EG&G with Edgerton and Germeshausen in 1947, Grier was involved in nuclear testings between the late 1940s and early 1950s. These included Operation Sandstone, Operation Ranger and Operation Ivy.[5] With EG&G, Grier was the company's president until 1976 and was a consultant from 1983 to 1994. Other executive roles Grier had were president of GEC Geonuclear Company from 1965 to 1983 and chairman of Reynolds Electrical & Engineering Company from 1969 to 1971.[6]

Awards and honors

Grier was a recipient of the National Medal of Science in 1989.[7]

Personal life

Grier died on March 17, 1999 in La Jolla, Califronia. He was married and had three children.[8]

  1. ^ "Grier, Herbert Earl". Who's Who in America. Vol. 1 (53rd ed.). New Providence, New Jersey: Marquis Who's Who. 1999. p. 1747. ISBN 0837901928.
  2. ^ O'Gorman, Ned; Hamilton, Kevin (2016). "EG&G and the Deep Media of Timing, Firing, and Exposing". Journal of War & Culture Studies. 9 (2): 185, 187–89. doi:10.1080/17526272.2016.1190205.
  3. ^ O'Gorman & Hamilton 2016 p. 192.
  4. ^ "Nuclear Blasts Were His Bag For Many Years". Nevada State Journal. 1 June 1976. p. 3.
  5. ^ Hall, Michael D. (January 13, 2017). "Remembering EG&G, Part IV Pioneering Days". National Atomic Testing Museum. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  6. ^ "Grier, Herbert E.". American men & women of science. Vol. 3 (19th ed.). New Providence, New Jersey: R.R Bowker. 1994. p. 394. ISBN 0835234665.
  7. ^ Clason, Lauren. "Herbert E. Grier". National Science & Technology Medals Foundation. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Herbert Grier; EG&G co-founder, specialist in stroboscopic lighting". Boston Globe. 21 March 1999. p. F8.
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