So much of the GOOD stuff is NEVER
publicized.
Ever
wonder who invented the Cell Phone?
And
the answer is -The son of Jackson State University
Administrator, Henry T. Sampson,
Sr.
OK,
you are on a TV game show and have to answer this
question to win $10M. The question is, who
invented the cellular phone? In all probability
most of us could not answer this question. Those
of you who know are in that small
minority.
The inventor of the Cellular
phone is Henry Sampson, Jr. Sampson is an
African-American from Jackson, Mississippi. He
attended Morehouse and transferred to Purdue. He
received an MS in Engineering from the University
of California (Go Bears). He was awarded an MS in
Nuclear Engineering from Illinois and his Ph.D.
from Illinois. Sampson is the first
African-American to receive a Ph.D. in Nuclear
Engineering.
In 1971 Sampson was awarded a
patent for the "gamma-electric cell." This
technology was used in the cellular phone.
Hopefully Dr. Sampson was well rewarded for his
efforts.
All right, now that you have this
information join the "Tell a Brother Club" by
passing this information on to more of
us.(Barbershops and Beauty Salons are great places
to discuss this info). During the week let our
Anglo brethren know about Dr. Sampson. This is
called the "Breakdown the stereotype campaign."
Henry Thomas Sampson
Jr. son of Dean Henry T. Sampson
former JSU administrator for whom the library is
named and nephew of Coach T. B. Ellis for whom
the gymnasium is named invented the cell phone.
Henry Sampson
(inventor)
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This article is
about the American inventor. For the English
newspaper proprietor and editor, see Henry Sampson
(newspaper proprietor).
He is the first
African American to earn a Ph.D. in Nuclear
Engineering in the United States. Some of his
accomplishments include being a member of the United States
Navy between the years 1962 and 1964 and
earning an Atomic Energy
Commission honor between 1964 and 1967.
Later he was awarded the Black Image Award from
Aerospace Corporation in 1982. He was awarded
the Blacks in Engineering, Applied Science
Award, and prize for education, by the Los
Angeles Council of Black Professional Engineers
in 1983. In June 2007, Sampson was married to
Laura Howzell Young in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin
Islands. Young-Sampson is a professor in the
College of Education at California State
University San Bernardino.
Inventor
His patents
included a binder system for propellants and
explosives and a
case bonding system for cast composite
propellants. Both inventions are related to
solid rocket motors. He received a patent,
with George H. Miley,
for a gamma-electrical cell on July 6,
1971.
On July 6,
1971, Sampson was awarded a patent for the
“gamma-electric cell”. The gamma-electric cell
is a device that produces a high voltage from radiation
sources, primarily gamma radiation,
with proposed goals of generating auxiliary power from the shielding of a nuclear reactor.
Additionally, the patent cites the cell's
function as a detector with
self power and construction cost advantages over
previous detectors.[1] |
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