Jerry B. Minter

JERRY B. MINTER AGE: 95 MORRIS Jerry Minter, 95, Engineer, Inventor, of Morris Township NJ passed away on May 19, 2009 in Morristown, NJ. Mr. Minter, a 1934 graduate in engineering from MIT, helped found Measurements Corporation in Parsippany, NJ in 1939 and, at his death, was the founder and president of Components Corporation in Denville, NJ. Measurements made signal generators during World War II and one of them was in use at Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack. Mr. Minter held 26 patents. Six involved recent work in aviation. Components Corporation, under his leadership has produced electrical connectors and power supplies, some of which have been used by NASA in its satellites. Mr. Minter was a long-time member of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.) and the founding chair of the North Jersey chapter. A private pilot, he was a longtime member of the Quiet Birdmen. He was also a past president of the Radio Club of America. Among his diverse interests was work in development of surgical suite closed circuit television for several New York City hospitals and the design of the sound and light production for the battleship USS North Carolina moored at Wilmington, NC. Jerry Minter is predeceased by his son, Mark Ayers Minter. He is survived by his wife of 69 years, Monica Hanlon Minter as well as sons, Claude Minter of New Bern, NC and Byron Minter of Springfield, NJ and daughters, Claire Andrews of Morris Plains, NJ and Maureen Frydlewicz of Rahway, NJ. He is also survived by seven grandchildren and thirteen great-grand children. A Funeral Service will be held at the Doyle Funeral Home, 106 Maple Ave., Morristown on Friday, May 22, at 10:00 a.m. Interment Holy Rood Cemetery. Hours of visitation at the funeral home on Thursday, May 21, 2-4 & 7-9 p.m.