Man With A Million Ideas

Summary

A biography of Frederick McKinley Jones, the black engineer and inventor who is credited with many inventions, including refrigeration units for trucks and railroad cars, portable x-ray units, and ticket dispensers for movie theaters.

Fred grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. He did not attend school until the age of nine when his father left him with a Priest to take care of him. At sixteen he found his passion and left the rectory to work in a garage as a automobile mechanic. After hopping jobs and expanding his skills, he found himself working on a 30,000 acre farm in Hallock, Minnesota. His experiments turned into inventions, some examples include an experimental snowmobile and the town's first radio station. His inventions made waves, attracting attention from Joseph A. Numero in Minneapolis, Minnesota, who hired Jones at Thermo King, where he helped build the world's leading refrigeration company selling commercially, and contracting to the Military. Fred died at the age of 68 to Lung Cancer.

Man With A Million Ideas

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

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