Meet Paul E Williams, The Black Man Who Invented The Helicopter

Paul E. Williams invented the components of the “first useful helicopter” African American inventor Paul E. Williams patented the “first useful helicopter” the Lockheed Model 186 (XH-51) on the 26th of November 1962.

During World War II, Williams worked for the Navy Department as an architect.

In 1951, Williams won the Omega Psi Phi fraternity, Man of the Year award and in 1953 he received the Spingarn Medal from the NAACP for his outstanding contributions as an architect and member of the African-American community.

Williams also received honorary doctorates from Lincoln University of Missouri (doctor of science, 1941), Howard University (doctor of architecture, 1952), and the Tuskegee Institute (doctor of fine arts, 1956).

In 1956, he won an award for service, from Wisdom magazine, for “contributions to knowledge and distinguished service to mankind.”

In 1957, he became the first black member to be inducted into the AIA’s College of Fellows. An April 2, 1957 letter from the Executive Secretary of AIA, offered Williams the honor of Fellowship and membership in the College of Fellows “for your notable contribution in Public Service.”

What do you think?

11 Points
Upvote Downvote

Comments

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

  1. Write more, thats all I have to say. Literally, it seems as though you relied on the video
    to make your point. You clearly know what youre talking about, why waste your intelligence on just
    posting videos to your site when you could be giving us something informative to read?

  2. Right here is the right site for anyone who would
    like to understand this topic. You know so much
    its almost tough to argue with you (not that I really would want to…HaHa).

    You certainly put a brand new spin on a subject that’s been discussed for a long time.
    Excellent stuff, just wonderful!

  3. Does your website have a contact page? I’m having problems locating it but, I’d like to shoot you an e-mail.

    I’ve got some suggestions for your blog you might be interested in hearing.
    Either way, great blog and I look forward to seeing it
    expand over time.

  4. Hello there I am so happy I found your weblog, I really found you by accident, while I was looking on Google for something else, Regardless I am here now and would
    just like to say many thanks for a tremendous post and a all round
    thrilling blog (I also love the theme/design), I don’t have time to go through it
    all at the moment but I have book-marked it and also included your RSS
    feeds, so when I have time I will be back to read
    much more, Please do keep up the fantastic work.

  5. Hey there would you mind sharing which blog platform you’re using?
    I’m planning to start my own blog in the near future but I’m having a difficult time choosing
    between BlogEngine/Wordpress/B2evolution and Drupal.
    The reason I ask is because your layout seems different then most blogs
    and I’m looking for something unique. P.S My apologies for
    being off-topic but I had to ask!

  6. Wonderful goods from you, man. I’ve have in mind your stuff previous to and you’re simply extremely fantastic.
    I actually like what you’ve acquired here, certainly like what you are
    stating and the best way in which you assert
    it. You make it entertaining and you continue to
    take care of to keep it wise. I can’t wait to read much
    more from you. This is really a great website.

  7. Howdy! I know this is kinda off topic nevertheless I’d figured I’d ask.
    Would you be interested in trading links or maybe guest authoring a blog post
    or vice-versa? My blog goes over a lot of the same subjects as yours and
    I feel we could greatly benefit from each other. If you happen to be interested feel free to
    send me an e-mail. I look forward to hearing from you!
    Fantastic blog by the way!

  8. It’s appropriate time to make some plans for the future and
    it is time to be happy. I’ve read this post
    and if I could I desire to suggest you some interesting
    things or advice. Maybe you could write next
    articles referring to this article. I want to read more things about
    it!

  9. It’s a pity you don’t have a donate button! I’d without a doubt donate to this excellent blog!

    I suppose for now i’ll settle for bookmarking and adding your RSS feed to my Google account.
    I look forward to new updates and will share this website with my Facebook group.
    Talk soon!

Load more comments

Meet Garrett Morgan, Inventor of The Gas Mask And The Traffic Signal.

17-year-old from Georgia graduates high school and college at the same time