{"id":2928,"date":"2011-05-12T14:26:54","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T14:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/argyle.org\/?p=2928"},"modified":"2024-03-29T00:27:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T05:27:10","slug":"t-e-murray-inducted-into-the-national-inventors-hall-of-fame-finally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/argyle.org\/?p=2928","title":{"rendered":"T.E. Murray inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame – Finally!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Sunday I have a feature article coming out in Solares Hill<\/a> on T.E. Murray, a forgotten inventor, who has finally been inducted into the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame<\/a> for one of 462 patents that electrified New York city. This was an egregious oversight and needed to be corrected, granting Murray his proper place in American history.<\/p>\n

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Thomas Edison in Murray’s office, looking at one of his inventions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My upcoming article chronicles the efforts of the Murray, Cuddihy & MacGuire family to gain T.E. Murray (1860-1929) entry into these hallowed halls. By all accounts Sean MacGuire, his great-great-grandson and himself the holder of two patents (the second one came in yesterday – I’m not kidding) and 8 patents pending was the driving force behind this successful induction.<\/p>\n

If it wasn’t done now – a century after the fact – his work would be in danger of being lost to history.<\/p>\n

They held the first reception and dinner at the National Inventors Hall of Fame and Museum on the campus of the United States Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, VA.<\/p>\n

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NPR emcee Neal Conan hosted one-on-one chats with Inductees and Inductee representatives. Sean spoke about how little was known about Murray and the struggle to have him recognized. How was it possible that his work had been forgotten when the American flag flew at half-mast at Waterside upon news of the death of Murray on July 21, 1929?<\/p>\n