Edison, Theodore Miller. 1898–1992. “Ted.”
Theodore Miller Edison was an American
businessman, inventor and environmentalist
born July 10, 1898 at Glenmount, New Jersey.
He was the youngest child of inventor Thomas
Edison and Mina Miller Edison, and founder of
Calibron Industries, Inc.
Theodore was named after Mina's brother, Theodore Westwood Miller, who was killed in the Spanish-American War. He graduated from the Montclair Academy in 1916 and earned his physics degree from MIT (1919-1923). Theodore married Anna Maria Osterhout, a fellow MIT student, on April 25, 1925. They had no children. He worked for Thomas A. Edison, Inc. until 1931 and went on to establish Calibron Industries, Inc., an engineering consulting firm. In later years, Theodore became active in the environmental movement and was an early opponent of the Vietnam War.
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