Robert H. Rines
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Robert Harvey Rines (August 30, 1922 – November 1, 2009) was an American lawyer, inventor, musician, and composer. He is perhaps best known for his efforts to find and identify the Loch Ness Monster.
Biography
Rines was born August 30, 1922, in Boston. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1943, a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University in 1946, and a Ph.D. from National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan in 1972. During World War II Rines served as an Army Signal Corps officer and helped develop the Microwave Early Warning System.
He held numerous U.S. patents on a wide variety of subjects. Although various on-line sources give their number as 80, 100, and even 200, the list published by the Franklin Pierce Law Center [1] gives their number as 81, and 3 additional ones (Nos. 6,175,326, 7,314,178, and 7,392,192) can also be found in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office records.[2] However, 12 of those in the larger list are referred to as "applications only", leaving 72 actually issued U.S. patents.
He was a renowned intellectual property lawyer, and in March 2004 received the Boston Patent Law Association "Lifetime Achievement Award" for his contributions in the field of intellectual property. Rines also was inducted as member of the
Rines was also an accomplished musician and composer. At age eleven he played a violin duet with
His philanthropic activities included establishing the GREAT Fund, providing educational grants for a large extended family in perpetuity. [citation needed]
In May 2008 Rines retired from his position at MIT after 45 years. He died November 1, 2009, at the age of 87.[3]
Quest for "Nessie"
During a visit to Scotland in 1972, Rines reported seeing "a large, darkish hump, covered ... with rough, mottled skin, like the back of an elephant" in Loch Ness. Over the next 35 years he mounted numerous expeditions to the loch and searched its depths with sophisticated electronic and photographic equipment, mostly of his own design. While his investigations produced multiple theories and several tantalizing photographs, he was unable to produce sufficient evidence to convince the scientific community of the existence of the fabled monster. For this he received the Dinsdale Memorial Award in 2004.[4]
References
- ^ Pierce Law Center IP Mall, "Patent Index for Dr. Robert H. Rines"
- ^ USPTO Patent Full-Text and Image Database; Rines, Robert H.
- ^ "Inventor, lawyer and lecturer Robert H. Rines dies aged 87". MIT News. 2009-11-04. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
- ^ www.cryptomundo.com Dinsdale Memorial Award 2008
- Martin, Douglas (November 7, 2009). "Robert Rines, Inventor and Monster Hunter, Dies at 87". The New York Times. Retrieved November 8, 2009.
- Robert H. Rines. Invent Now. Accessed on September 24, 2005.
- Dr. Robert H. Rines. Lord Corporation. Accessed on September 24, 2005.
- Money Magazine. They Saved Small Business. Accessed on August 28, 2008.
- MIT. Dr. Robert H. Rines: An Appreciation. Accessed on October 9, 2008.
- Inventors Digest. "Robert H. Rines 1922–2009". Accessed on November 2, 2009.
External links
- Robert Rines - Daily Telegraph obituary
- Archival Recordings of Bob Rines Teaching at MIT, 1974 - Contributed by Christopher E. Strangio
- Academy of Applied Science - History of the Academy of Applied Science
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