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Luther H. Blount (September 5, 1916 – September 24, 2006) was an American entrepreneur, inventor, and philanthropist. Blount was a shipbuilder and holds 22 patents, most of which are relating to his trade. == Biography == After graduating from Barrington High School, Blount attended Wentworth Institute of Technology, where he obtained an associate degree (at the time, the highest degree offered at Wentworth) in 1937. He got his entrepreneurial start by carving duck jewelry pins that he sold out of his "Dippy Duck Widdle Shop". During those years Blount continued to design jewellery, worked for his grandfather's oyster company, and was also a mill machinist and plant engineer.〔 Blount and Mary Ellen Hustad married in 1943, which was followed by brief service in the army. He got his start in inventing early. In seventh grade he reinvented the steam engine. "It was a crude sort of steam engine that he made from a tin can, an alcohol burner, and a paddle wheel." He honed his inventing talent while creating a steaming process to open clams under the employment of his brother's seafood company.〔 Blount started a shipbuilding company in 1949. Out of the over 300 ships his company built during his lifetime, over 100 were built in the first 15 years.〔 The company, founded in 1949, was originally named Blount Marine Corporation and later renamed to Blount Boats, Inc. Seeing the potential of the consumer tours market, Blount began to offer cruises. The venture, founded in 1966, was called the American Canadian Caribbean Line.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 first = Kelly )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Luther Blount」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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