02.06.2004
SCE ACKNOWLEDGE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY AFRICAN AMERICANS IN ELECTRICITY AND MODERN TECHNOLOGY DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH

IRWINDALE, Calif., Feb. 6 2004— SCE employees (left to right: David Ford, account executive, Business Solutions; Beverly Ryder, vice president, Community Involvement; Ed Robinson, manager, Diversity Initiatives; Timothy Davis, manager, Business Solutions; Afarah Board, manager, Customer Service Business Unit; and David Shelton, analyst, Economic and Business Development) were joined by black-owned businesses and community- and faith-based organizations in recognizing the contributions that African Americans have made to modern technology at the “Connecting the Evolution of Electricity to Black History” event held at the Customer Technology Applications Center (CTAC) on Friday, February 6.

More than a dozen SCE staff members conducted research to find biographical information on the African American scientists highlighted throughout the day including Otis Boykin, who invented an electrical device used in all guided missiles; Granville T. Woods, who patented 35 electrical and mechanical devices; Frederick M. Jones, who patented more than 60 inventions, including the first refrigeration for long-haul trucks; and Beulah L. Henry, nicknamed “The Lady Edison,” who patented 49 inventions, including a vacuum ice cream freezer.

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