Who's Lonnie George Johnson?
Lonnie George Johnson (born October 6, 1949) is an American inventor, aerospace engineer, and entrepreneur, whose work includes a U.S. Air Force -term of service and a twelve-year stint at NASA , where he worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory . He invented the Super Soaker water gun in 1989, which has been among the world's bestselling toys ever since. Johnson was born in Mobile, Alabama . His mother worked as a nurse's aide and his father was a World War II veteran. His father explained the basic principles of electricity to Johnson at an early age . Stating that he "always liked to tinker with things," He was nickname d the professor from the neighborhood kids . He once destroyed his sister’s doll trying to see what made the eyes close. He a lso tried to cook up rocket fuel in a saucepan and by doing so almost burned down the house. He attended Williamson High School , an all-black school in Mobile. Most of his inspiration came from George
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