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  • Bibliography A - C
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  • Bibliography J - L
  • Bibliography M - O
  • Bibliography P - R
  • Bibliography S - U
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Bibliography D - F
Daniel, Kenneth Rule
  • b. 13 Oct. 1913 - Milford, CT
  • Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame (website)
  • "Daniel Assumes Presidency of American Pipe Today" Birmingham Post-Herald 3 June 1963: 6.
  • "Daniel is Chosen Engineer of the Year" Birmingham News 25 Feb 1968: A-32.
  • "Daniel will Retire from ACIPCO Helm" Birmingham News 27 Oct 1978: 6.
  • "Gold Medal to be Given to Daniel" Birmingham News 1 May 1974: 82.
  • "Honored" Birmingham Post Herald 28 Feb 1968: 21.
  • "Kenneth R. Daniel Named Executive VP of Acipco" Birmingham Post-Herald 17 Aug 1961: 36.
  • "Kenneth Rule Daniel" Alabama Academy of Honor (website)
Davis, Valter
  • "Tuscaloosa Inventor Claims He Devised Norden Bombsight" Birmingham Post-Herald 24 July 1950: 11.
Dearing, Edmund Richard
  • b. 24 October 1889 - Kent, England; d. 27 February 1976 - AL
  • "Edmund Richard Dearing" (obituary) Birmingham News 29 Feb 1976: 16-A.
Decker, Asbury Clinton
  • b. 28 Jul 1886 - Prince Bay, NY; d. 22 May 1950 - Fairfield, AL; buried: NY
  • "Sanitation Engineer for T.C.I. Gets Medal for Outstanding Job" Birmingham Age-Herald 7 May 1948: 42.
  • "A. Clinton Decker" (obituary) Birmingham News 24 May 1950: 31.
DeMarco, Joseph Anthony
  • b. 29 Dec 1913 - Jefferson Co., AL; d. 2 July 1974; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
  • "Joseph DeMarco, City Industrialist Dies" Birmingham News 3 July 1974: 64.
Denegre, Charles
  • b. 22 January 1877 - New Orleans, LA; d. 7 February 1964 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
  • "Charles Denegre" (photograph) Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections.
  • "Charles Denegre" (obituary) Birmingham News 8 Feb. 1964: 11.
  • "Charles Denegre Rites at 3 Today" Birmingham Post-Herald 8 Feb 1964: 12.
  • Cruikshank, George. History of Birmingham and Its Environs: A Narrative Account of Their Historical Progress, Their People, and Their Principle Interests. Vol. 2. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1920. 105.
  • "Local Man Designs Motor Termed Close Approach to Perpetual Motion: Charles Denegre Utilized Ordinary Gas in New Type Machine" Birmingham News 24 Jan. 1937: 12.
  • "Local Attorney Invents 'Self Revolving Wheel'" Birmingham News 7 Feb. 1960: A-11.
Dimick, Daniel B.
  • b. 21 November 1874 - Lyme, NH; d. 21 Nov 1961 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
  • Cummins, Don. "Daniel Dimick Comes Back to See City He Helped Build" Birmingham Post-Herald 5 Oct 1951: 3.
  • "Red Sox Rooter, Dan Dimick, Sr. Back Visiting 'Best' Hometown" Birmingham News 20 Jan 1949: 34.
  • "Industrialist Dies Here at Age of 88" Birmingham News 21 Nov 1961: 30.
Dobbs, Oliver Cornelius
  • b. 29 April 1875 - AL; d. 1 Dec 1960 - Birmingham, AL; New River Church of Christ Cemetery
  • "Dobbs Truss" (advertisement) Birmingham News 20 Oct 1959: 2.
  • "Mr. Oliver Cornelius Dobbs, Sr." (obituary) Birmingham News 2 Dec 1960: 37.
Dovel, James Pickering
  • b. 26 December 1868 - Pickerington, OH; d. 30 July 1948 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
  • "J. P. Dovel, Former Executive of Sloss-Sheffield, Succumbs" Birmingham News 31 July 1948: 3.
Dugger, Neal
  • b. 2 May 1875 - Culleoka, TN; d. 20 April 1961 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Evansville, IN
  • "Local Civic Leader, Neal Dugger, Dies" Birmingham News 21 Apr 1961: 12.
Dunstan, Arthur St. Charles
  • b. about 1871 - Virginia; d. 5 August 1959 - Auburn, AL; buried: Auburn Cemetery
  • "Arthur St. C. Dunstan" (obituary) Montgomery Advertiser 6 Aug 1959: 2-A.
  • "Prof. Dunstan Retires at API After 52 Years of Service" Birmingham News 7 Jan 1952: 12.
  • "Shock Absorber Patent is Granted A.P.I. Professor" Birmingham News 2 Feb 1930: 14.
Early, Edward Donald
  • b. 4 Aug. 1899 - TN; d. 18 Dec. 1965 - Venice, FL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
  • "Computer Inventor E. D. Early Dies" Birmingham News 20 Dec. 1965: 42.
  • "'Early Bird' May Save Power Firms Huge Sums" Birmingham Post-Herald 19 Feb 1954: 31.
  • "E. D. Early Retires Here, to be Honored by Banquet" Birmingham News 1 Sept 1964:
  • "Edward Early" (obituary) Birmingham News 21 Dec 1965: 16.
  • "Services for E. D. Early, Inventor, to be Tomorrow" Birmingham Post-Herald 21 Dec 1965:
Edmundson, Jerone Josiah
  • b. 22 September 1876 - Ashville, AL; d. 6 November 1962 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
  • "Mr. Edmundson" (obituary) Birmingham News 7 Nov 1962: 41.
Eshelman, Edward H.
  • b. abt 1866 - Iowa; d. 27 Dec 1944 - Birmingham, AL
  • "Funeral Services Held for E. H. Eshelman" Birmingham News 29 Dec 1944: 16.
Feld, Ignatz Louis
  • d. 12 May 2001- Tuscaloosa, AL
  • "Ignatz Louis Feld" (obituary) Tuscaloosa News 14 May 2001
Fies, Milton Henry
  • b. 31 Aug 1882 - AL; d. October 1970 - AL
  • "Dr. Milton Fies Named to Mine Bureau Post" Birmingham News 26 April 1949: 14.
  • "Milton H. Fies Honored for Work on New Mine" Birmingham News 7 May 1950: B-6
  • "Fuel for Centuries Declares Dr. Fies" Birmingham News 4 Oct 1951: 2.
  • "Milton H. Fies is Promoted to APC Veep" Birmingham News 26 Aug 1952: 7.
Fike, James Howard
  • b. 5 Feb 1895 - Marbury, AL; d. 14 July 1976 - Birmingham, AL
  • "Mr. James Howard Fike" (obituary) Birmingham News 15 July 1976: 49.
Fletcher, Samuel G.
  • "UAB Scientist's Invention Can Measure Nasal Speech" Birmingham News 1 Dec 1971: 68.
Floyd, Henry Grady
  • b. 29 April 1894 - Auburn, AL; d. 3 April 1968 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
  • "Henry G. Floyd, Ex-Engineer, Dies" Birmingham News 3 April 1978: 53.
Fulmer, Frederick P.
  • "Inventor Twirls Hat, Lawyers Weigh Legal Problems" Birmingham News 25 Feb 1949: 38.
Fulton, Weston M.
  • b. Hale Co., AL; d. 16 May 1946 - Knoxville, TN
  • "Inventor, Hale County Native, Dies in Knoxville" Greenville Advocate 23 May 1946
  • "Inventor, Native of Alabama, Dies" Birmingham Age-Herald 17 May 1946
  • "Weston M. Fulton, 75, Succumbs in Knoxville" Birmingham News 17 May 1946: 4.
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