Herman A. DeVry

Herman A. DeVry (November 26, 1876 - March 23, 1941) was an American inventor, aviator, and colleague of Lee De Forest. DeVry is credited with creating the first portable motion picture projector,[1] which he called a Theatre in a Suitcase. [2][3] He was the founder of the DeVry Company.[4]

Early life

DeVry was born in Mecklenburg, Germany, and immigrated to the United States in 1886.

Career

As a young man DeVry worked as a cameraman for the Rothacker company in Chicago.

Later he founded the DeVry company.[5] In 1912 DeVry developed a new type of 35mm film projector which could be carried in its own small suitcase.[6] The American government bought many of these during World War I.[7] The company sold over 50,000 Type E projectors to schools [8] and also created and distributed educational films,[9] earning him the nickname The Father of Visual Education.

DeVry's original hand-built prototype portable projector is on display at the Smithsonian.[10]

In 1931, DeVry and colleague Lee DeForest founded the DeForest Training School in Chicago, which eventually became DeVry University.[11]

DeVry died in 1941.[12]

References

  1. ↑ H. Mario Raimondo-Souto (27 November 2006). Motion Picture Photography: A History, 1891-1960. McFarland. pp. 58–. ISBN 978-0-7864-8407-2.
  2. ↑ 1936 Herman A. DeVry 35mm Projector | Collectors Weekly
  3. ↑ SMPTE Journal: Publication of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. The Society. 1977.
  4. ↑ AV Guide 23. 1944. p. 186.
  5. ↑ Anthony Slide (1992). Before Video: A History of the Non-theatrical Film. Greenwood Press. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-313-28045-0.
  6. ↑ Patent US2273024 - Sound recording and reproducing apparatus - Google Patents
  7. ↑ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (26 June 1943). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 26–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  8. ↑ Herman DeVry Early Aviators
  9. ↑ Alfred Emile Cornebise (2 April 2004). The CCC Chronicles: Camp Newspapers of the Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-1942. McFarland. pp. 232–. ISBN 978-0-7864-1831-2.
  10. ↑ Herman DeVry Early Aviators
  11. ↑ "Founder's visual technology aids DeVry University's growth". Tampa Bay Business Journal, Dec 10, 2007
  12. ↑ Educational Screen. Educational Screen, Incorporated. 1940.
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