Awards Banquet

Thursday, February 12, 1998

Welcome
Candida Aversenti, Trustee

Grand Entrance
1998 Special Awards
1998 Inventors of the Year
1998 Members of the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame

Greetings
Saul K. Fenster, Chair Emeritus

Chair's Message
Harry Roman

Presentation of Awards
Harry Roman
Saul K. Fenster
 1998 Advancement of Invention Award
Presented annually to a not-far-profit institution.
I nitiated by Gov. Richard Hughes
~Ifu, in 1962, the Research and
Development Council quickly became
a public-private partnership driven by
the private sector. Inspired by the
growing need to serve technology-
based industry and academia, the
Council expanded in 1993 to an agen-
da that encompasses entrepreneurial,
emerging, support, and services indus-
tries. For more than 35 years, the R&D
Council of New Jersey has been the
voice of R&D and technology in New
Jersey.
The R&D Council is an association
of more than 100 leading industrial
and academic research facilities and
technical support companies repre-
senting two-thirds of the state's more
than 80,000 scientists, engineers, and
technicians.
Over three decades, the R&D
Council has a sterling record of sus-
tained commitment to the encourage-
ment of innovation and invention in
New Jersey. It has also been an articu-
late voice and the state's leading advo-
cate for maintaining a healthy climate
for the continued growth of operating
research and development laboratories.
The Council has focused on
enhancing the growth of all research
enterprises by capitalizing on core
abilities and interests and by leverag-
ing investments. It has also facilitated
important partnerships between its dis-
tinguished members and New Jersey's
colleges, universities and schools.
For decades, the R&D Council has
encouraged creativity and leadership
by promoting accomplishments in
science, research and development.
The Council's New Jersey Science/
Technology Medal and its Thomas
Alva Edison Patent Award are two of
the state's most esteemed awards.
William Lowell (1862-1954)
Maplewood
W hen dentist William Lowell took
up golf in 1921, players would
commonly mound a "tee" out of sand,
after wetting their hand in a bucket of
water. Lowell was not satisfied. Using
his dental tools, Lowell whittled a golf
tee out of wood and affixed a cup
made of gutta percha from his dental
supplies.
Spending considerable time on the
refinement of the tee after its rudimen-
tary origin, he was able to patent it in
1924. Early on, playing companions
ridiculed the idea, but his sons real-
ized the marketing potential of the
invention.
Professional golfers dismissed it as a
silly idea and refused to acceptthe
tees as gifts. Acceptance was not
achieved until Dr. Lowell paid $1,500
to the best-known pro of the era,
Walter Hagen, and trick-shot artist Joe
Ki rkwood, to use the tees on thei r
exhibition tour in 1922. Wherever they
went, they left tees behind and golfers
would parade to their pro shops to
demand the tees.
Because Dr. Lowell never expected
golfers would save their tees, the first
5,000 were green. When it was found
that golfers were retrieving the tees,
they were produced in red and named
"Reddy Tees." The tees were marketed
through Dr. Lowell's company, Nieblo
Manufacturing of New York. Tees were
made of the finest white birch by a
wood turner in Norway, Maine.
Exhibits of tees by The u.s. Golf
Association Museum in Far Hills, N.J.,
and the PGA World Golf Hall of Fame
in Florida, continue to recognize
Lowell's invention.
Quentin T. Kelly, Pennington
WorldWater Corp., Pennington
K elly's WoridWater Corp. was
founded in 1984 to develop the
concept of solar-powered water pumps
and power. Much of the early develop-
ment was performed by volunteer con-
sultants, including engineers from
Princeton University, retired UNICEF
managers and others who were con-
vinced of the need for such a system.
WoridWater's patent was issued in
1992 and a new patent (to WorldWater
engineer Richard Lenskold) is pending.
The provision of safe water supplies
is a critical social and health issue,
especially in developing countries.
Rural peoples spend hours upon hours
hauling water from surface sources that
are often unsafe. Solar-powered water
pumps enable remote localities to
obtain safe drinking water without
costly gasoline or diesel generators.
Distributed internationally, through pri-
vate distributors, non-governmental
organizations and governments,
WorldWater's pumps are used in the
republics of Malawi, Mozambique,
Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa and
the Philippines.
The company's two solar pump
technologies represent thermal and
photovoltaic developments. The
patented solar-powered water pump
combines an evacuated tubular solar
collector array for heating air or anoth-
er heat exchange medium to generate
steam which drives a diaphragm pump
which in turn drives a down-well or
river water pump by hydraulic fluid
displacement.
The patent pending pumping sys-
tem comprises a variable speed elec-
tronic motor drive (AquaDrive)
which includes a maximum power
tracking circuit controlling motor
speed in alignment with the maximum
power produced by a photovoltaic
solar array. The motor drive inverts the
DC power produced by the solar array
and is connected to a three-phase AC
motor which is connected to a pump.
Melvin Levinson
Edison
M elvin Levinson's pioneer inven-
tions relate to microwave ovens
and their components, as well as their
applications relating to ovens, kilns,
and methods for cooking convention-
al and creative foods. H is teach ings
have been uti Iized in a mu Ititude of
existing microwave applications
throughout the world.
Levinson is recognized for two of
his patents, "Two-Stage Process for
Cooking/Browning/Crusting Food by
Microwave Energy and Infrared
Energy" and "Cooking Food in a Food
Preparation Kit in a Microwave and in
a Thermal Oven."
Together, these two patents bring
forth a new set of pots and pans that
have dual utility. They are equally use-
ful in a microwave oven and in a gas
or electrical oven. These novel pots
and pans combine the best of
microwave cooking (speed, low
shrinkage, defrosting, proofing, baking)
with the best of gas and electrical
cooking (browning, crusting, taste and
appearance).
The new pots and pans are sold as
a microwave-oven kit consisting of a
glass cover, a ceramic base, a metal
microwave heating grill and an option-
al metal baking pan. All of the metal
components of the microwave-oven kit
are useful in conventional gas or elec-
tric cooking and are dishwasher safe.
The two-step process provides speed,
convenience and easy cleanup.
~ 1998 Inventors of the Year
Gary Ver Strate, Manalapan . Ricardo Bloch, Scotch Plains
Mark J. Struglinski, Bridgewater
Exxon Chemical Company, Linden
John E. Johnston, Warren
Exxon Research and Engineering Co., Annandale
Roger K. West, Montclair
he five scientists, working in two
different Exxon company divi-
sions, combined to produce a com-
pletely novel material of significant
commercial value, a new type of vis-
cosity modifier. Marketed since 1987
by Exxon Chemical Company, these
viscosity modifiers are a major class of
lower viscosity lubricant additive for
newer engine designs that provide bal-
ance between durability and fuel
economy.
Viscosity modifier polymers allow
motor oils to be formulated with a low
viscosity at low temperatures with less
reduction of viscosity at higher engine
operating temperatures. This provides
easier cranking at low temperatures
and lower friction and less bearing
wear at high temperatures. This results
in long engine life and reduction of
fuel consumption for autos and trucks,
thereby extending vehicle service life
and making a real contribution to our
national goal of conservation.
Drs. Ver Strate, Bloch and
Struglinski are affiliated with the Exxon
Chemical Company in Linden. Gary
Ver Strate holds a Ph.D. in physical
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chemistry from the University of
Delaware. Ricardo Bloch graduated
from California Institute of Technology
in 1976 with a Ph.D. in chemical engi-
neering.Mark J. Struglinski joined
Exxon Chemical's Paramins
Technology Division in 1984 after
graduating from Northwestern
University with a Ph.D. in chemical
engineering.
John E. Johnston serves as a section
head in Exxon Research and
Engineering Company's corporate
research unit. He graduated from the
University of Akron with a Ph.D. in
polymer science in 1975.
Roger K. West retired from Exxon in
1995 as an engineering associate.
Today, he is president of West
Technologies, Inc., a consulting firm
that specializes in technical scientific
information research, often for patent
purposes. He holds a Ph.D. in chemi-
cal engineering.
Joseph Dettling, Howell" Zhicheng Hu,
Y.K. Lui, Parlin C.Z. Wan, Somerset
Engelhard Industries, Iselin
T he four men combined efforts for
the Engelhard Corporation of
Iselin, N.J., in the invention and devel-
opment of a three-way automotive cat-
alyst that is especially effective in
reducing hydrocarbon emissions, a
major cause of air pollution. The
team's invention of a new, robust high
performance pollution-control (Pd) cat-
alyst has allowed auto manufacturers
to locate the catalyst very close to the
engine manifold - as opposed to the
previous method near the exhaust -
and thus greatly reduce the time for
the catalyst to reach its operating tem-
perature. In addition, the catalyst has
been engineered at a molecular and
microscopic scale to provide the high-
est known conversion of hydrocarbons
while converting high levels of carbon
monoxide and nitrogen oxides.
Dettling holds more than 30
patents, many of which represent key-
stones in emission control technology.
His creativity permeates a broad range
Edison
of Engelhard's products that are being
sold throughout the world and at the
base of a profitable and growing busi-
ness segment for the company.
c.z. Wan's research has provided a
fundamental understanding of the
three-way catalyst components as they
relate to the application. He holds 13
patents, several of which have con-
tributed to the improvements seen in
many of the company's high technolo-
gy TWC catalysts.
Y.K. Lui has contributed to the
development and improvement of
automotive and carbon supported cat-
alysts in support of the company's
environmental and chemical catalyst
business groups. He holds six patents.
Zhicheng Hu holds two patents. As
a junior member of the Engelhard R&D
staff, his creativity in designing elegant
solutions to complex emission/catalyst
problems is gaining notice.
Michael Pappas, Caldwell Frederick Buechel, South Orange
Endotec, Inc., South Orange

S ince the two men invented the

New Jersey Low Contact Stress
Total Knee Replacement System, nearly
one million people worldwide have
enjoyed its benefits. Pappas was teach-
ing biomechanics at the University of
Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
in 1974 when he asked Buechel to
help him build a better knee implant.
What makes the New Jersey Knee
different from previous prosthetics,
which were essentially hinges, are
multiple parts and a mobile bearing
design that allow for more flexible,
natural movement, and less wear
under pressure.
The two, who also wholly own
Endotec Inc. of South Orange and
Bloomfield, have also designed a total
ankle system, a total hip and a total
shoulder. Buechel, an orthopedic surg-
ereon who practices with the South
Mountain Orthopedic Associates,
South Orange, also serves on the clini-
cal faculty of UMDNJ-New Jersey
Medical School.
Pappas, a native of Newark,
received a B.s. and M.S. in mechani-
cal engineering from NJIT and a Ph.D.
from Rutgers University. He is also an
adjunct associate professor of surgery
at UMDNJ and a past professor of
Mechanical Engineering at NJIT. He
also served as acting director at NJIT's
Center for Manufacturing Engineering
Systems from 1987-1990.
The two were honored recently as
winners of the 1998 New Jersey Pride
Awards by New jersey Monthly maga-
zine, which will profile them in the
May, 1998 issue. The award is given
"to individuals who have dedicated
themselves in making the Garden State
a better place to live."
Melvin E. Kamen, Highlands
Revlon Research Center, Edison

M elvin Kamen invented ENVI-

ROGLUV glass decorating tech-
nology that combines new inks and in-
During his career, Kamen has been
granted more than 60 patents world-
wide and has achieved several tech-
line quick UV curing for direct nology "firsts" including UV curable
decoration on glass. The technique inks that do not contain toxic heavy
eliminates any heavy metals, solvents metals used in high-resolution decora-
and volatile organic compounds tion of glass and ceramicware; heat-
(VOCs) from the decorating process. transfer decal technology for glass and
Also vice president of advanced plastic; and abrasion-resistant coating
technology at the Revlon Research for plastic lenses, now an industry
Center, Kamen spent 10 years develop- standard for opthalmic lenses.
ing and refining the technology.
According to industry peers, the tech-
nology exhibits environmental, health
and safety characteristics which are
superior to conventional glass decorat-
ing technology and provides significant
decorating and economic benefits.
John Mickowski, Warwick, N.Y.(formerly Hanover)
Tymac Controls Corporation, Franklin

J ohn Mickowski's invention, U.S.

Patent No. 4,734,869 "Diagnostic
Method for Analyzing and Monitoring
The founder and CEO of Tymac
Controls Corp., Mickowski has been
responsible for many innovations in
the Process Parameters in the the die-casting instrumentation and
Operation of Reciprocating Equipment process controls field that are used in
(1988)" has dramatically improved die-casting operations worldwide. He
quality and reduced waste in the pro- holds the first patents issued for die-
duction of parts by die-casting casting velocity, pressure, and strain
machines. measurement instruments, and patents
The invention utilizes a microcom- for his invention of the world's first
puter in combination with a CRT and a portable computerized shot analyzer.
multiplicity of transducers. He has presented more than 100 semi-
nars to various die-casting companies
Mickowski has spent more than 20
and trade organizations in North
years as a specialist in casting quality
America, Europe, China, India,
control and process technology. He
Ukraine and Russia.
received B.S. and M.S. degrees from
Stevens Institute of Technology, where
he also taught mechanical engineering.
He is recognized as an expert in
automation, systems engineering, die-
casting machine design and perfor-
mance and the die-casting process.
Joseph Abys Warren
Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill
J oseph Abys has continually
applied his innovation ability in
palladium plating technology, which
has found wide applicability not only
in the electronics industries, but also
for connectors in telecommunications,
computer and consumer items, such as
smart card devices, pagers, and wire-
less phones.
Other applications included semi-
conductor packaging for integrated
circuits and optoelectronics; automo-
tive uses such as airbags, audio con-
nectors, engine controllers; in the
aerospace industry for use on jet
engine blades, in ink-jet printers, in
medical devices, as a coating on eye-
glass frames, and for watches and
costume jewelry. Through 1995,
AT&T/Lucent Manufacturing had a
cost savings of $103 million by using
this technology.
Abys holds 19 U.s. patents and
numerous foreign patents, with a num-
ber of additional patents pending. He
has co-authored more than 50 techni-
cal publications and two book chap-
ters for an authoritative book on the
subject of electroplating. He received
a doctorate in Physical Inorganic
Chemistry from Brown University in
1979.
Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890-1954)
Armstrong Electric and Manufacturing
E dwin Armstrong, an electrical
engineer, invented three of the
basic electronic circuits underlying all
modern radio, radar and television.
While a junior at Columbia University,
Armstrong made his first major inven-
tion. In the summer of 1912, Armstrong
devised a new regenerative circuit that
yielded not only the first radio amplifi-
er but also the key to the continuous-
wave transmitter that still lies at the
heart of all radio operations.
During World War I, Armstrong was
commissioned as an officer in the U.S.
Army Signal Corps and sent to Paris.
His assignment to detect possible
inaudible short wave enemy communi-
cations led to his second major inven-
tion. Adapting a seldom-used
technique called heterodyning, he
designed a complex eight-tube receiv-
er that, in tests from the Eiffel Tower,
amplified weak signals to a degree pre-
viously unknown. He called this the
superheterodyne circuit, and although
it detected no secret enemy transmis-
sions, it is today the basic circuit used
in most radio and television receivers.
By the late 1920s, Armstrong set out
to eliminate the last big problems of
radio static by designing an entirely
new system, in which the carrier-wave
frequency would be modulated while
its amplitude would be held constant.
Undeterred by current opinion-
Company, Alpine
which held that this method was use-
less for communications-Armstrong
brought forth in 1933 a wide-band fre-
quency modulation (FM) system that in
field tests gave clear reception through
the most violent storms, and as a divi-
dend, offered the highest fidelity sound
yet heard in radio. It took him until
1940 to get a permit for the first FM
station, erected along with a 425-foot
tower on the Hudson River Palisades
in Alpine, N.J., and it took another two
years before the FCC gave him a few
frequency allocations.
FM broadcasting began to expand
after World War II, but Armstrong
again found himself both limited by
the FCC, which ordered FM into a new
frequency band at limited power, and
challenged by a coterie of corporations
on the basic rights of his inventions.
III and facing another long legal battle,
Armstrong took his own life in 1954.
Ultimately his widow won $10 million
in damages from infringement suits. By
the late 1960s, FM was clearly estab-
lished as the superior system. The
International Telecommunications
Union in Geneva posthumously elected
Armstrong to the roster of electrical
greats such as Bell, Marconi and Pupin.
William O. Baker, Morristown
Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
D uring his 41-year career at Bell
Laboratories, William O. Baker
carried out pioneering work on macro-
molecules, particularly the polymers
used as electrical insulators and struc-
tural materials in the communications
and electronics industries. His early
studies in solid-state chemistry extended
to the origins of materials science and
engineering. With colleagues at Bell
Labs he combined chemical experi-
men~ation with high-frequency electri-
cal, ultra-sonic and X-ray and electron
scattering techniques to find high-per-
formance materials leading to electron-
ic and mechanical innovation in use.
Semiconducting polymers, high
modulus polymer carbons, and crystal-
lite control in fibers and films were
some outcomes of this research. Baker
was responsible for the discovery of a
synthetic molecule called "microgel,"
which was heavily exploited in the
critically important synthetic rubber
program during World War II. His
work prepared the way for extensive
application of synthetic polymers, such
as polyethylene, which subsequently
replaced lead in the shielding of com-
munication cables.
This work also led to the introduc-
tion of ablative heat shields for mis-
si les, astronauts and sate IIites that
allowed them to re-enter Earth's atmos-
phere without the hazard of fiery
destruction. This work served to speed
up man's exploration of our planet and
the moon and help bring enormous
benefits as well as playing a major role
in maintaining and advancing our
national defense system.
As Director of Research at Bell Labs
and later as President, Baker oversaw
the development of an amazing array
of technologies that have become
commonplace in daily life. From 1954
through 1980, he helped guide scien-
tific and engineering work that led to
the first commercial syntheses of
quartz crystals and the discovery of
families of continuous-wave lasers,
pi co-second devices, Echo and Telstar
satellite communications, the solar
cell, mobile cellular radio telephones,
the electron-implanted transducers
used in modern telephones, modular
beam epitaxy, charge-couple devices,
commercial superconductors and
many other high technology devices.
Baker has worked extensively in the
application of science and technology
to meet national needs and to promote
govern ment/i nd ustry/u nivers ity coopera-
tion. He has served on the President's
Science Advisory Committee, the
National Science Board, the National
Cancer Advisory Board, the National
Commission on Libraries and Informa-
tion Sciences, and various military advi-
sory boards. Currently, he chairs the
Diplomatic Telecommunications
Services Board related to the u.s. gov-
ernment global network outside the
Department of Defense. Baker received
his Ph.D. from Princeton University and
a B.s. in physical chemistry from
Washington College. He holds 13
patents.
Allen B. DuMont (1901-1965) Montclair
DuMont Laboratories, Montclair and Passaic
I n 1932, working at a small laboratory
in the basement of his home in
Upper Montclair, DuMont invented the
"Magic Eye," a cathode-ray tube that
could be used as a visual tuning aid in
radio receivers. He sold the rights to his
invention to RCA for $20,000, which
he used as capital for expansion. He
developed a long-persistence coating
for cathode-ray tubes with the use of an
electronic pencil, a device permitting
remote-controlled writing on a screen.
In 1933, DuMont proposed a radio-
detection system but was asked by the
Army Signal Corps not to seek patents
because of its military significance. The
following year his laboratory was incor-
porated as the Allen B. DuMont
Laboratories in Passaic.
When the television market for
cathode-ray tubes was slow to devel-
op, DuMont turned to the manufacture
of cathode-ray oscilloscopes for use as
research and test instruments. During
the 1930s, scientist Ernest O. Lawrence
of the University of California used
DuMont's oscilloscopes in atomic
research. In the late 1930s, DuMont
traveled to Europe to study the latest
developments in television. Upon his
return, he developed an all-electronic
television receiver to be marketed by
1938.
In 1939, DuMont criticized the tele-
vision standards proposed by the Radio
Manufacturers Association and pro-
posed alternatives that would be more
compatible with future innovations. He
became an influential member of the
National Television Systems Committee,
which formulated standards that were
ultimately adopted. In 1941, he initiat-
ed experimental telecasts over W2XWV
(later WABD) in New York.
During World War II, the DuMont
Laboratories manufactured instruments,
radar and navigational systems for the
Navy and Signal Corps. It also partic-
ipated in the Manhattan Project.
After the war, the DuMont television
network was established. Initially, it
linked WABD in New York with WTTG
in Washington, D.C. It soon expanded
to serve approximately 200 affiliated
stations and was incorporated as
Metropolitan Broadcasting Company in
1955 (later Metromedia).
DuMont's assembly plants for televi-
sion receivers were sold to Emerson
Radio and Phonograph in 1958. In
1960, DuMont Labs were merged with
Fairchild Camera and Instrument.
Dumont served as senior technical
consultant until his death in 1965. He
established the Allen B. DuMont
Foundation, which supported educa-
tional television at Montclair State
College beginning in 1952.
Nikil S. Jayant, Gillette
Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill
r. Jayant is the director of the
Multimedia Communications
Research Laboratory at Bell Labs,
where he is responsible for the
creation and commercialization of
technologies for audiovisual communi-
cation and multimedia information
systems.
Jayant's personal research has been
in the field of digital coding and trans-
mission of information systems.
Businesses created by Jayant's research
and leadership span several segments
in audiovisual and data communica-
tions. They include low bit rate speech
codecs for digital transmission, multi-
plexing, cellular telephony and AUDIX
voice storage; high-quality audio cod-
ing for teleconferencing and advanced
DAT; video coding for advanced televi-
sion and voiceband videotelephony;
and high-density magnetic disks for
computer data. Other emerging busi-
nesses include set-top boxes, DVD sys-
tems, CD-quality broadcast receivers
and internet multimedia.
Jayant's patent "Predictive
Decoding/Speech Signal," issued in
1986, relates to signal processing used
to reduce noise effects in digital com-
munication systems. This patent is crit-
ical for speech coder implementations
used in DSDV modems, simultaneous
voice/fax internet phones, voice-mail,
video conferencing, internal audio
broadcast, PSTN/IP gateways, voice-
over frame relay, voice-over ATM,
DEME equipment, consumer goods
and games, as well as for speech com-
pression software that is an important
part of multimedia communications
systems.
Henry M. Rowan, Rancocas
Inductotherm Industries, Inc., Rancocas
I n 1953 Henry M. (Hank) Rowan,
the founder and chairman of
Inductotherm Industries, Inc., built his
company's first furnace in his backyard
with the help of his wife Betty. From
that humble beginning, Inductotherm
has become the world's largest design-
er and manufacturer for induction
melting, heat treating, and welding.
Inductotherm is currently a global
industrial conglomerate of more than
80 companies, with 4,800 employees,
facilities in 15 nations, and customers
around the world.
A native of Raphine, Va., Rowan
grew up in Ridgewood, N.J. After serv-
ing as a pilot in the Army Air Corps
during World War II, he earned a B.S.
in electrical engineering from
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Rowan then set out to revolutionize
the technology for induction melting,
heat treating, and welding systems in
the early 1950s. Frustrated by compla-
cent management at the manufacturing
company where he began his career,
th:/ 1-l r'
Rowan resigned to join with a former
customer to create a company that
would fulfill his dreams
An idealist and a perfectionist,
Rowan pushed himself and his team to
develop ground breaking new tech-
nologies under intense pressure dead-
lines, often taking huge risks to get the
order and satisfy the customer.
Inductotherm's superior engineering
led to advances that stunned the indus-
try and enabled it to outperform com-
panies many times larger than itself.
Rowan's U.S. Patent No. 3,295,050
(1962), entitled "Frequency Tripier
Circuit Utilizing the Third Harmonic
Component of Transformers," and U.S.
Patent No. 3,335,354 (1964), entitled
"Stabilized Controlled Rectifier Circuit
Having an Inductive Load," reflected
the first major breakthroughs in the
technology of induction heating sys-
tems for efficiently melting metals.
Despite constant competitive chal-
lenges, Rowan succeeded in building a
global conglomerate that dominates
the industry. In 1992, Rowan endowed
Glassboro State College with $100
mil!ion .. lt is now known as Rowan
University. ~
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1998 Corporate Hall of Fame
Howmedica
Rutherford
H owmedica is honored for six
decades of leadership in devel-
opment of orthopedic products that
help people around the world enjoy
longer, healthier and more productive
lives. As a business of the Medical
Technology group of Pfizer, Inc.
Howmedica designs and manufactures
a broad range of orthopedic recon-
structive implants such as hip- and
knee-joint replacements, internal and
external bone-fixation devices and
trauma products.
Since the company's founding in
1936, Howmedica has worked in
close cooperation with some of the
most creative minds in the worldwide
orthopedic community. Drawing also
on its own recognized design
resources, Howmedica has successful-
ly addressed a multitude of orthopedic
problems through the application of
advanced technologies to restore
mobility and quality of life to patients
whose bones and joints have been
damaged by disease or accident.
Howmedica is best known for the
development of a cobalt-chrome-
molybdenum alloy, known by the
trademark Vitallium Alloy -the key
material for an estimated four million
joint replacements to date. No other
orthopedic implant material has been
so thoroughly researched of widely
documented as Vitallium.
Today, Howmedica continues to
work with orthopedic surgeons, hospi-
tals, teaching institutions and adminis-
trators to develop and manufacture
better, more advanced products for
greater numbers of people and condi-
tions around the world. Recently,
Howmedica researchers have been
pioneering in the development of new
polyethelene surfaces to extend the
utility of reconstructive implants.
Eric Addeo, Chairman, Samuel Goldfarb, Inventor
Telecommunications Department,
Michael Greene, Vice President, Law,
DeVry Institute, Chair**
Lucent Technologies
Candida Aversenti, President and
Robert Z. Gussin, Corporate Vice
COO, General Magnaplate, Inc.
President, Science and Technology,
William O. Baker, Vice Chairman, Johnson & Johnson
New Jersey Commission on Science
Carmine P. Iovine, Vice President,
and Technology, AT&T Bell Labs
(Ret.) * Research & Development, National
Starch & Chemical Company
Len Bearison, President and CEO,
Wooyoung Lee, Manager, Mobil
Technogenesis, Inc.
Chemical Company
James H. Blow, Jr.
John H. Martinson, Managing Partner,
Jay Brandinger, Executive Dire~tor, Edison Venture Fund
New Jersey Commission on SCience
Lucye Millerand, Coordinator o~
and Technology
Special Events, New Jersey Institute of
Gil Buchalter, President, Technology
Pharmaceutical Innovations, Inc.**
Marcus Millet, Lerner, David,
James E. Carnes, President and CEO, Littenberg, Krumholz & Melnik
Sarnoff Corporation, Vice Chair
Gregory Olsen, President, Sensors
Gert Clarke, Executive Director, New Unlimited **
Jersey Business Industry Science
Harry Roman, Senior Consultant,
Education Consortium, Stevens
Public Service Electric & Gas
Institute of Technology
Company, Chair
Peter Eisenberger, Vice Provost for the
Sue Wilson, Colgate Palmolive (Ret.),
Earth Institute, Columbia University
Vice Chair**
Saul K. Fenster, President, New Jersey
Institute of Technology, Chair Emeritus

* Member, New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame

** Past New Jersey Inventor of the Year
Eric Addeo, DeVry Institute, Chair** Kuo-Yann Lai, Colgate-Palmolive
Company**
James H. Blow, Jr.
Lauren LaPlante, Public Service
Andrew G.F. Dingwall, Sarnoff
Electric & Gas Company
Corporation *
Harry Roman, Public Service
Charles Dzuba, Public Service
Electric & Gas Company
Electric & Gas Company
Larry Schmerzler, National Society of
James W. Falk, Bellcore
Inventors
Leonard Godfrey, University of
Brian Silvetti, Calmac Manufacturing
Medicine and Dentistry of
New Jersey (Ret.) George Tselos, Edison National Historic
Site
Michael Johnstone, Blood Center of
New Jersey

Erratum

The following name was inadvertently omitted from the

Board of Trustees list.
James Gardner, Executive Director, Office of
Communications, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Member, New jersey Inventors Hall of Fame

Past New jersey Inventor of the Year
We are most grateful for the financial support of the following contributors. Their
generous support of the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame makes it possible for us
to continue our efforts to nurture the spirit of invention in New Jersey.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

Exxon Research and Engineering
General Magnaplate Corporation
Glenbrook Technologies
Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies
Lucent Technologies Inc.
Public Service Electric & Gas Company

Dendrite International
Edison Management Corporation
Fluoramics, Inc.
NEC Research Institute

James Hillier
John E. Nine and Schering-Plough Corporation