Who Invented the Pacemaker? Otis Boykin 1920-1982

Otis Frank Boykin (August 29, 1920, Dallas, Texas – March 13, 1982, Chicago, Illinois) was an African-American inventor and engineer.

He then moved to Chicago, where he studied at Illinois Institute of Technology for two years.  He was discovered and mentored by Dr. Denton Deere, an engineer and inventor with his own laboratory.  He graduated from Fisk University in 1941 and got a job as a laboratory assistant, testing automatic aircraft controls.

In 1944, he moved on to work for the P.J. Nilsen Research Labs in Illinois. Shortly thereafter, he started his own company, Boykin-Fruth Inc. The firm Boykin-Fruth, Inc., would collaborate on a number of projects.

Otis Boykin was born in 1920 in Dallas, Texas. His mother was a maid, who died of heart failure when Otis was a year old. This inspired him to make the pacemaker.  His father Walter was a carpenter, who later became a minister.


Boykin attended Booker T. Washington High School in Dallas, where he was the valedictorian, graduating in 1938. He attended Fisk University on a scholarship and worked as a laboratory assistant at the university's nearby aerospace laboratory.


He then moved to Chicago, where he studied at Illinois Institute of Technology for two years.  He was discovered and mentored by Dr. Denton Deere, an engineer and inventor with his own laboratory.  He graduated from Fisk University in 1941 and got a job as a laboratory assistant, testing automatic aircraft controls.


In 1944, he moved on to work for the P.J. Nilsen Research Labs in Illinois. Shortly thereafter, he started his own company, Boykin-Fruth Inc. The firm Boykin-Fruth, Inc., would collaborate on a number of projects.

An x-ray of a pacemaker, one of Otis' inventions

Did You Know that Otis Boykin invented the Cardiac Pacemaker?

(August 29, 1920, Dallas, Texas – March 13, 1982, Chicago, Illinois)

Boykin was an African-American inventor and engineer, who patented 28 electronic devices. One of his early inventions was an improved wire resistor. 

Other notable inventions include a variable resistor used in guided missiles.

His most famous invention was  a control unit for the artificial cardiac pacemaker.  The device essentially uses electrical impulses to maintain a regular heartbeat.

Otis Boykin ---- Inventor of the Wire Resistors used for TV's, Radios, and Computers,etc.....

An x-ray of a pacemaker, one of Otis' inventions





Otis Frank Boykin (August 29, 1920, Dallas, Texas – March 13, 1982, Chicago, Illinois) was an African-American inventor and engineer.

Boykin patented 28 electronic devices. One of his early inventions was an improved wire resistor, which had reduced inductance and reactance, due to the physical arrangement of the wire.

Other notable inventions include a variable resistor used in guided missiles.

His most famous invention was likely a control unit for the artificial cardiac pacemaker. The device essentially uses electrical impulses to maintain a regular heartbeat.

Living Under GOD'S Grace --- Romans 6: 14-15 ----- David Higgs ------ May 5, 2019

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Justification  ---  FREED from penalty of sin

Sanctification  ----  FREED from Power of sin

Glorification  ---  being set FREE from the presence of sin
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I.  Freedoms From the Law
    A.  Three (3) Types of Laws
          1.  Ceremonial Law   ---- Leviticus 1:2
          2.  Civil Law  ----  Deuteronomy 24:10-11
          3.  Moral Law of GOD   ------ 10 Commandments
    B. Why was the Law given?
          1.  To Control us  ---- Galatians 5:1
          2.  To Condemn us  ------ Romans 3:20
    C.  How are we FREED from the Law?
          1.  Galatians 3:13
          2.  Romans 8:1

II.   New Life Under GRACE
     A.  Four (4) Types of GRACE
          1.  Saving GRACE   ----  Ephesians 2:8-9
          2.  Sustaining GRACE  ----   II Corinthians 12:7
          3.  Sanctifying GRACE   ----  I Corinthians 15:10 --- 
          4.  Dying GRACE
 

Philippians 2:13 King James Version (KJV)

¹³ For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

King James Version (KJV)
III.   Closing Thoughts About GRACE
       A.  GOD'S GRACE can be resisted
           1.  Hebrews 12:15
           2.  James 4:6
       B.   GOD'S GRACE is not a license to sin.
     C.   GOD's GRACE doesn't remove the consequences of my
            sins here on earth.        
     D.   GOD'S GRACE will lead to proper response
     E.   GOD'S GRACE is to be celebrated. 

Do You Need Help? ------- By David Higgs ----- 11-12-17 ----- Psalms 121

We all need GOD'S help.      (v.1)

We all have access to GOD'S help.   (v.2)

GOD'S help is constantly available.   (vv. 3-4)

GOD will not let our foot slip.

GOD our helper can meet every need.  (vv.5-6)

• physical needs

• emotional needs

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Applications

1. Call out to GOD and admit your need for help.
2. Look up  --  Pray on knees.
3. Go through life singing the song of  Psalm 121.

James 4:6 King James Version (KJV)

⁶ But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

Proverbs 16:5 King James Version (KJV)

⁵ Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

Isaiah 2:12 King James Version (KJV)

¹² For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

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I lift up my eyes to the hills.
From whence does my help come?
My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.

                            Psalms 121:1-2

Scriptural Text 4-23-18

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Matthew 24:29 King James Version (KJV)

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Daniel 7:13-14 King James Version (KJV)

¹⁴ And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

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Matthew 19:28 King James Version (KJV)

²⁸ And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Ezekiel 36:34-36 King James Version (KJV)

³⁴ And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by.
³⁵ And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.
³⁶ Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the Lord build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the Lord have spoken it, and I will do it.

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 Daniel 11:25 King James Version (KJV)

²⁵ And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.

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Revelation 12:6 King James Version (KJV)

⁶ And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

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Egypt  -King of South Destroyed

Daniel 11:42 King James Version (KJV)

⁴² He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
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Daniel 11:42 King James Version (KJV)

⁴² He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.

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 Ezekiel 38:14 King James Version (KJV)

¹⁴ Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord God; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?

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 Daniel  11  ----  'where we are

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