Roger L. Easton
Roger L. Easton (born April 30, 1921 in Craftsbury , Vermont , † May 8, 2014 in Hanover , New Hampshire ) was an American inventor and scientist .
Life
Easton attended Middlebury College in Vermont.
Together with Bradford Parkinson and Ivan A. Getting, he is considered to be the inventor of the Global Positioning System (GPS). In 1955 he and other authors designed the Vanguard project of the United States Naval Research Laboratory , which was in competition with two other projects, one of which came from the US Army, which Wernher von Braun had prepared. The Eisenhower government decided to carry out the Vanguard project.
In 1957, Easton also invented the minitrack system for the Vanguard project.
In 2006 he was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation by then President of the United States, George W. Bush , for his contributions to the development of GPS . Since 1998 he was an elected member of the American Philosophical Society .
Prizes and awards (selection)
- National Medal of Technology and Innovation
- Magellanic Premium , 1997
- National Inventors Hall of Fame , 2010
Web links
- President Announces Roger Easton Recipient of National Medal of Technology
- Roger Lee Easton, Sr. Obituary on vnews.com May 21, 2014
Individual evidence
- ^ Member History: Roger L. Easton. American Philosophical Society, accessed July 26, 2018 (with biography).
- ^ The Magellanic Premium of the American Philosophical Society , website of the APS . Retrieved October 29, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Easton, Roger L. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Easton, Roger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American inventor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Craftsbury , Vermont |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 8, 2014 |
| Place of death | Hanover , New Hampshire |