Notes for: Albert George Bodine, Jr.
From Ronny Bodine:
1st marriage--about 1944--ANNA THOMSEN.
Obituary, The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, Calif.) of 30 July 1967.
BODINE, Mrs. Anna, beloved wife of Albert G. Bodine Jr., mother of Linda and John Bodine, sister of Mrs. Marion Miller, Mrs. Matea Bergstrom, Thomas S., Nels, Andrew and Chris Thomsen. Service 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. The Old North Church, Forest-Lawn-Hollywood Hills.
From California Death Records:
Anna Bodine, born 31 March 1914 in Delaware; died 28 July 1967 in Los Angeles County.
2nd marriage--EDNA JEAN MCARTHUR.
Edna is the daughter of Denning Duer & Edna Irene (Shanks) McArthur. California Birth Records record the birth of Edna J. McArthur on 6 Aug 1917 in Los Angeles County to a mother with maiden name of Shanks. In 1930, Edna J. McArthur, 12, lived with her parents in Lompoc, Santa Barbara Co., CA.
Obituary, North Sacramento Funeral Home.
EDNA BODINE. Edna was born on Augst 6, 1917 and passed away on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. Edna was a resident of California.
Albert G. Bodine attended the University of California and California Institute of Technology. He was a member of the Acoustical Society of America and held more than 400 patents. For a complete biography see the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 89, No. 3, 1991.
From Social Security Applications and Claims:
Albert George Bodine Jr. applied for a SSN in July 1937 and reported he was born 17 March 1914 in Pittsburgh, Penn., son of Albert G. & Anna (Minnich) Bodine. He died 25 Jan 1990. His last residence was Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California.
From California Death Records:
Albert George Bodine, born 17 March 1914, died 25 Jan 1990 in Los Angeles County.
Obituary, Caltech News, Vol. 24, No. 4, Aug 1990, p. 14.
ALBERT G. BODINE, JR., EX, on January 25, in Santa Monica, California. Bodine was a lifelong inventor, and was granted over 1100 U.S, patents, said to be the largest number for one person since Thomas Edison. Much of his work was in the field of vibration technology, including ultrasonic. Bodine developed the" orbiting mass-vibration generator and applied it to the separation of materials, and even to pile driving and the installation of underground cables. He owned and managed his own company, Bodine Soundrive, in Van Nuys. He received numerous awards and citations for his ingenuity, including the Silver Medal in Engineering Acoustics in 1986 from the Acoustical Society of America for "his ingenuity in developing sonic and vibratory devices of great technological importance." He is survived by his wife, Jean; son, John, associated with him in business; and a daughter, Linda Fox.