George Harry Heilmeier was an American engineer, manager and pioneering contributor to liquid crystal displays, for which he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. His work is an IEEE Milestone. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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- Wikipedia 'George H. Heilmeier': infobox birth_date, checked 2026-09-27
- In Group: Optoelectronics and Display Pioneers, lead paragraph: laser, optical amplifier or display technology invention stated in own article
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George H. Heilmeier was inducted in the National Inventors Hall of Fame and credited with the invention of LCDs.
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