Roger Easton, Father Of GPS, Dies At 93
May 29, 2014 at 09:50 AM EDT
Roger Lee Easton, Sr., the father of GPS and pioneer of modern day navigation, died May 8 at his New Hampshire home, according to BusinessWire. After attending Middlebury College and the University of Michigan, Easton began work as a physicist in 1943 in the U.S. Naval Research Lab in Washington, D.C., where he would spend the rest of his 37-year career. In 1955, he had a part in writing… Read More