Herbert E. Grier
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
After graduating, Grier worked 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]
Awards and honors
Grier was a recipient of the National Medal of Science in 1989.[5]
Personal life
Grier died on March 17, 1999 in La Jolla, Califronia. He was married and had three children.[6]
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ O'Gorman & Hamilton 2016 p. 192.
- ^ "Nuclear Blasts Were His Bag For Many Years". Nevada State Journal. 1 June 1976. p. 3.
- ^ Clason, Lauren. "Herbert E. Grier". National Science & Technology Medals Foundation. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ "Herbert Grier; EG&G co-founder, specialist in stroboscopic lighting". Boston Globe. 21 March 1999. p. F8.