Hal Fruth

CTL-E-4552 · Person · businessperson · mid-20th century

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Business partner of inventor Otis Boykin; together they established Boykin-Fruth, Inc. after Boykin's stint as a research engineer at P.J. Nilsen Research Labs.

Notes

RELP105 supporting entity: edge endpoint for CTL-E-1082 collaborated_with. Thin record: documented only via Boykin's NIHF biography; retained Provisional.

Referenced by

Otis Boykin — collaborated with → this record

Sources

National Inventors Hall of Fame, Otis Boykin inductee profile. https://www.invent.org/inductees/otis-boykin

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