There were four major events in the life of Jonathan Walker that harvested the foundation for him to be the first African American electrical engineer to publish an exhaustive list of patents grant...view moreThere were four major events in the life of Jonathan Walker that harvested the foundation for him to be the first African American electrical engineer to publish an exhaustive list of patents granted to Granville Taylor Woods: (a) three years of high school electronics, (b) electronics training in the US Marine Corps, (c) an electrical engineering degree from Howard University, and (d) a license as a professional engineer (PE) after obtaining a master of science degree from Johns Hopkins University. The majority of achievements were accomplished because of a very supportive wife and adult children.view less