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Learning Resource: Garrett Augustus Morgan: Traffic Engineer
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| Title: |
Garrett Augustus Morgan: Traffic Engineer |
| Download URL: |
https://webfiles.uci.edu/mcbrown/display/morgan.html
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| Authors: |
Mitchell Brown
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| Publishers: |
Louisiana State University
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| Courseware Series: |
Black and African American Scientists and Engineers
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| Summary: |
This is a case study of an historical African American engineer.
"Garrett Augustus Morgan was born in Paris, Kentucky on March 4, 1877. Garrett Morgan received wide recognition for his outstanding contributions to public safety. Firefighters in many cities in the early 1900's wore the safety helmet and gas mask that he invented, and for which he was awarded a gold medal at the Second International Exposition of Safety and Sanitation in New York in 1914. The gas mask Morgan invented in 1912 (U.S. 1,113,675 issued in 1914) was during World War I to protect soldiers from chlorine gas fumes. In 1916, Mr. Morgan used his own mask design to rescue men trapped by a gas explosion in a tunnel being constructed under Lake Erie. Following disaster, which killed twenty-one people, the City of Cleveland, Ohio honored Garrett Morgan with a gold medal for his heroic efforts."
Keywords: African American or Black Engineer, ethnic diversity |
| Subject Headings: |
Civil Engineering, General Engineering, Engineering Science, Engineering Diversity
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| Metadata: |
IMS Record |
| Provided by: |
NEEDS |
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