Life of Otis Boykin
- Otis Boykin was born on August 29, 1920 in Dallas Texas.
- He attended Fisk College in Nashville Tennessee, and finished his education at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.
- Otis died on March 13, 1982 due to heart failure at the age of 61.
- He had 26 patents on his name.
- Boykin invented the pacemaker in
Interesting Facts About Otis Boykin
- His mother Sarah was a maid, who died when Otis was only a year old, of heart failure, which inspired him to make the control unit.
- His father was a carpenter, who later became a minister.
- He took a job as a lab assistant with the Majestic Radio and TV Corporation in Chicago.