Biography of otis boykin

(1920-1982)

Who Was Otis Boykin?

Otis Boykin graduated from Fisk College in 1941 and took a job with the Majestic Radio and TV Corporation. He later worked at P.

J. Nilsen Research Laboratories. He began to invent products on his own, with some of his noteworthy inventions including a wire precision resistor used in televisions and radios and a control unit for the pacemaker.

Early Life and Education

Boykin was born on August 29, 1920, in Dallas, Texas.

After graduating from high school, he attended Fisk College in Nashville, Tennessee, graduating in 1941.

That same year, he took a job as a lab assistant with the Majestic Radio and TV Corporation in Chicago, Illinois.

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He rose in the ranks, ultimately serving as a supervisor. He eventually took a position with the P.J. Nilsen Research Laboratories while trying to start his own business, Boykin-Fruth Incorporated. At the same time, he decided to continue his education, pursuing graduate studies at the Illinois In