Ghanaian to be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame

Ghanaian born electrical engineer Victor B. Lawrence is to be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Victor B. Lawrence together with 15 other inventors will be formally inducted at a ceremony on May 5, 2016, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery. Every year, a distinguished group of men and women whose technological innovations have made a significant impact on the world are inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. I did not believe it, because this is such a great honor,” 2016 inductee Victor B. Lawrence told CBS News. Albert, Roger Angel, Roger Bacon, Bantval Jayant Baliga, Per-Ingvar Brånemark, Barrett Comiskey, Joseph Jacobson, Sheldon Kaplan, Victor Lawrence, Radia Perlman, John Silliker, Harriet Strong, William Sparks, Ivan Sutherland, Welton Taylor, and Robert Thomas.