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The Collins Story
The Life and Legacy of Arthur A. Collins
Arthur Collins has been described as a genius, a visionary, a fireball casting a brilliancy across the sky. There is no doubt Arthur and his Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based company engineered many pioneering technologies that greatly influenced significant moments in our world and in space.
“Your progress will depend on your individual imagination. I urge you to give it free reign.”
Explorers in the Richard Byrd expedition regaled Americans with stories of their discoveries at the bottom of the Earth through Collins’ radio equipment.
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The newly organized (in Iowa) Collins Radio Co. held its first Board of directors meeting in the 2920 1st Avenue headquarters.
October 9, 1943
Collins Employee, Pvt. Denver Baxter, was Killed In Action.
October 3, 1962
A Mercury-Atlas 8 (Sigma 7) with Astronaut, Walter M. Schirra, launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. This six-orbit flight lasted 9 hours, 13 minutes, 11 seconds.
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World War II Production Defending Liberty
It’s World War II. The United States government needs rugged, hi-tech radio equipment for U.S. and Allied Forces. It needs lots of it, and fast. One of the companies the U.S. military turns to is Collins Radio, an Iowa company led by a young CEO known for his engineering genius. The small company answers the call to help defend liberty, producing thousands of state-of-the-art radios to provide troops, sailors and airmen with reliable, long-distance communications essential to liberating Europe and the world.