Wilson Greatbatch

Wilson Greatbatch was born on September 6, 1919, in Buffalo, New York . He held citizenship in the United Kingdom , the United States , and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . Greatbatch worked as an engineer and passed away in Buffalo, New York on September 27, 2011 .

He was educated at several institutions, including West Seneca East Senior High School , the University at Buffalo , Cornell University , and Cornell University College of Engineering . In 1986, Greatbatch was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame .