Molaire's patents among attractions in Detroit exhibition
Molaire, holder of 58 American patents and 120 foreign patents, is among the 13th annual 50 Most Important African-Americans in Technology. Selectees gather on Jan. 15, 2013 in Washington, D.C. for Innovation & Equity 2013: Keeping America First in Technology: Public Innovation and Supplier Diversity.
Inspiring Minds: African Americans in Science and Technology is a comprehensive, high-tech and permanent exhibition. African Americans have contributed to the scientific and engineering output of the United States since the 17th century, and this history is brought to life through interactive computer kiosks, a touchscreen video wall, and hands-on activities and play areas teaching basic engineering concepts.
Four disciplines of scientific advancement are explored: Physical Sciences, Earth Sciences, Life Sciences, and Technology & Engineering. Within these, Inspiring Minds introduces individuals from across the spectrum of fields, levels of renown, and from times past and present, with particular focuses on African American women in science, black aviators, black inventors, medical ethics, and key historical figures such as George Washington Carver.
The exhibit is particularly important because of low participation of African-American students in math and science courses beginning at the grade school level. A panel First from Grade School to Graduate School addresses creating the sense of belonging during Innovation & Equity 2013 led by Drs. M. Brian Blake, Vice Provost of the University of Miami; Dr. Juan Gilbert, Chair of Human-Centered Computing at Clemson University; and Dr. Andrew Williams, John P. Raynor, S.J. Distinguished Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Marquette University. The program will be broadcast on ReUNION: Education-Arts-Heritage.
Molaire, founder and principal of Molaire Consulting in Rochester, has focused on education as well as president of the local chapter of the National Association for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers and a member of the Kids on Track Committee of the United Way of Rochester.
He is the author & publisher of African-American Who’s Who™ , Past & Present, Greater Rochester Area, The NeWMillenium Edition™ (1998), African-American Who Was First™ Greater Rochester Area (1998), and Shadow of Dreams, a collection of poems, (1995).
He retired in 2010 after 37 years wiith Eastman Kodak in materials and formulation research & development. He received his A.A.S. in chemical technology from New York Technical Community College (Brooklyn, NY) in 1974, B.S. in chemistry (1977), M.S. in chemical engineering (1979) and MBA (1983) from the University of Rochester. His research experience includes polymer synthesis, photo-polymerization, organic molecular glasses, optical recording materials, photo-electrophotographic masters, photoreceptor formulations, pigment dispersions, conductive coatings, castable polyurethane, image transfer materials, drum coating technology, and robust testing of digital printers.
In 1984, he received the Eastman Kodak Research Laboratories C.E.K. Mees award for excellence in scientific research and reporting. In 1994, he was inducted into the Eastman Kodak Distinguished Inventor's Gallery (Inventor Hall of Fame) for reaching the milestone of twenty or more patents. In October 1998, he was recognized in Ebony Magazine as a “Modern Black Inventor.”
Inspiring Minds fulfills the passion for science of the museum founder, Dr. Charles H. Wright, an obstetrician and gynecologist inspired by a Danish World War II heroes museum. With 60 associates, he launched a black history museum in Detroit in 1965 in mobile trailer home. A larger facility was built in 1987 and the current 125,000 square foot building, the largest black history museum in the world was dedicated in Wright's name in 1998.
The Charles H. Wright Museum is located at 313 Warren St. Inspiring Minds also dovetails with an initiative to provide positive images of black men sponsored by the Knight Foundation. Videos of hundreds of local achievers have been taped in conjunction with the local public television station for distribution among students.
