Inductees

Chronological | Alphabetical

Year
Inventor
1976
Willis Gille
1977
Fredrick McKinley Jones
1978
Richard G. Drew
Henry G. Lykken, Sr.
Dr. Otto H. Schmitt
1979
Edward W. Davis
Franklin Chatfield
Dr. Robert Morris Page
1980
Richard T. Cornelius
Frank A. Donaldson
Francis G. Okie
D. Gilman Taylor
1981
Ralph C. Peabody
William L. Carlson, Jr.
1982
Dr. Alfred O. C. Nier
Dr. Alexander P. Anderson
1983
Herbert Francis Dalglish
Dr. Owen Harding Wangensteen
1984
Glen M. Dye
Ebenhard S. (Gandy) Gandrud
1985
Lynn L. Charlson
Dr. Izaak M. Kolthoff
1986
Floyd E. Buschbom
Richard V. DeLeo
1987
Clifford L. Jewett
B. Hubert Pinckaers
Carl W. Oja
1988
Carl G. Kronmiller
Dr. Henry Buchwald
1989
Reuben A. Kaplan
Patsy O. Sherman
1990
Joseph O. Thorsheim
Walter W. Moe
Lowell A. Moe
1991
Edwin Gustave Staude
Merton M. Bottenmiller
1992
Albert M. Butz
Takuzo (Tak) Tsuchiya
1993
Norman B. Mears
Dr. C. Walton Lillehei
1994
Carol M. Ford
Harold Fratzke
1995
Joseph Killpatrick
Earl Bakken
1996
Melvin Pass
LeRoy Buffington
1997
John T. Gondek
Earl Masterson
1998
William N. Mayer
1999
Daniel F. Przybylski
2000
Harold (Steve) Stavenau
2001
Harry Wenger
2002
Arthur L. Fry
2003
Dr. Patrick R. Gruber
2004
Cyril Keller
Louis Keller
2005
Oliver Crosby
2006
Dr. Frank D. Werner
2007
Mark W. Keymer

 

NOTE: These biographies have been compiled from information accompanying the nomination form submitted to the Minnesota Inventors Hall of Fame, information available on the Internet and from a variety of other sources.