1957

J. William Hinkley became RC president.

J. William Hinkley trained as an electrical engineer at Yale, then worked for Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corp. from 1927 to 1943.

After spending a year on the staff of the Radiation Laboratory of MIT, he became manager of the Research Construction Company, a division of Research Corporation that produced and tested pilot models of radar equipment developed at the Radiation Laboratory during World War II.

Hinkley joined Research Corporation headquarters as director of the newly formed Patent Management Division in 1946 and became president of the Foundation in 1957.

Hinkley died August 1967 while still president of Research Corporation.