Wall of Honor Collection - H. Roy Chope, 1921-1985

              H. ROY
CHOPE
1921-1985
INVENTOR, ENTREPRENEUR,
PIONEER IN NUCLEAR SCIENCE
BORN IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY - WORLD WAR II ARMY
AIR FORCE, RADIOLOGICAL AND METEOROLOGY
SPECIALIST, PACIFIC THEATER - B.S. ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERING, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY - SCIENCE MASTERS DEGREE IN
ENGINEERING SCIENCE, HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
ONE OF THREE WHO FOUNDED INDUSTRIAL NUCLEONICS
IN COLUMBUS, OHIO IN 1950 - THE FIRST COMPANY TO
PIONEER THE PEACE TIME INDUSTRIAL USE OF ATOMIC
ENERGY.
CHOPE HELD 65 PATENTS AND AUTHORED MANY
PAPERS WHICH WERE PUBLISHED IN SCIENTIFIC
JOURNALS.
HE WAS RECOGNIZED COUNTLESS TIMES FOR HIS 
GREAT VISIONARY GIFT REGARDING THE PEACEFUL USE
OF ELECTRONICS AND NUCLEAR ENERGY FOR THE
BETTERMENT OF MANKIND.
ROY AND LOIS CHOPE HAD FOUR CHILDREN - BETSY,
DAVID, AMY, AND CHARLES. HE WAS A MEMBER OF
THE UPPER ARLINGTON ROTARY AND UPPER ARLINGTON
LUTHERAN CHURCH.