From H. Joseph Gerber to Gerber-X2
September 28, 2017
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Heinz Joseph Gerber (1924-1996)
Heinz Joseph or simply Joseph was born in 1924 in Vienna (Austria) and quickly showed a keen interest in technology. Being Jewish and after having been released from a Nazi camp, he came with his mother to the US in 1940 where they settled in Hartford, Connecticut. Joseph, a rather bright student, raced through school and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and, while doing his homework, invented the Gerber Variable Scale—considered by some the greatest engineering tool since the slide rule.Gerber Scientific Instrument Company
Joseph founded the Gerber Scientific Instrument Company in 1948; in 1953 he was elected one of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s “Ten Most Outstanding Young Men in America.” During his career he collected 675 patents and, in 1994, was awarded America’s National Medal of Technology, the country’s highest recognition in technology and innovation.
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