Re: Former Packard Engineer Passes Away

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2014/1/10 18:29:18

I wish I had had the opportunity to hear Margolin speak, I hope someone recorded it. I often think what a shame that some of the ex-employees at the 1999 Centennial weren't recorded.

I just browsed my list of those Packard engineers between 1900 and 1954 who were awarded U.S. Patents. Of course this isn't necessarily a measure of contributions to a company or even of inventiveness, but I don't see Margolin's name among the 207 or so names. Just for those with curiosity, the leaders in terms of number of patents are J. Vincent with 163, L. Woolson with 148, A. Moorhouse with 121 and M. Tibbets with 117. All of these except Woolson had patents spread out over 4 decades of employment. Most (all?) of Woolson's patents were non-automotive (aircraft related), and a fair number of Vincent's were marine-related.

If you've got a favorite Packard engineer, I'd be glad to see how many patents he was assigned and in what decades. I've been working this data up for a future article, though not making much progress and wondering if there really is much interest in the topic. The total # of Patents assigned to Packard between 1900 and 1954 is 1736, the majority of them in the decades of the 20s and 30s.