Boykin-Fruth, Inc.

CTL-E-4560 · Business · other · mid-20th century

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Electronics firm established by inventor Otis Boykin with business partner Hal Fruth after Boykin's research-engineer stint at P.J. Nilsen Research Labs.

The record

Also known as: Boykin-Fruth

Notes

RELP105 supporting entity: edge endpoint for founded_by to CTL-E-1082. Thin record (NIHF biography only); retained Provisional.

Relationships

Otis Boykin — founded by
Boykin-Fruth, Inc. was established by Otis Boykin with business partner Hal Fruth.

Sources

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

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