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Henry Thomas Sampson, Jr. was born April 22, 1934 in Jackson, Mississippi.
He graduated from high school in 1951 from Lanier High School.

He then attended Morehouse for a couple of years before transferring to Purdue University.

He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Purdue University in 1956. He graduated with an MS degree in engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1961. Sampson was the first African-American To earn his Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, in 1967, and his MD in 1965. On July 6th, 1971 Henry Thomas Sampson Jr., accomplish nuclear physicist who co-invented the “gramma-electric cell"

Henry Thomas Sampson Jr., worked as a research Chemical Engineer at the US Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, and California.

He also served as the Directed of Mission Development and Operations of the Space Test Program at the Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo, California.

He was also a producer of documentary films on early black filmmakers and films, a member of the board of directors of Los Angeles Southwest College Foundation, and a technical consultant to Historical Black Colleges and Universities Program.

The cell phone is important because it allows you to stay in touch even when you are on the go. You can check your email, surf the net, take pictures, listen to music, play games, storing data, keep up with the latest news and much more. Also in the event of emergency, having a cell phone can allow help to reach you quickly and could save lives. Also it provides transactions to your bank if you wanted to buy something off the internet instead of going to the actual store. Cell phone users can instantly send data to the home or office, use their cell phone as a PDA or calendar, and store photos which can be easily transferred to a PC or laptop computer. Cells phones are like a portable computer in your the palm of your hand. :) In June 2007, Sampson was married to Laura Howzell Young in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.   Henry Thomas Sampson Jr.,s' wife Laura Young-Sampson is a professor in the College of Education at California State University San Bernardino.   He wrote the book //Blacks in Black and White: A Source Book on Black Films//, which examines often overlooked African American film makers and entertainers from the first half of the 20th Century. In addition he authored //The Ghost Walks: A Chronological History of Blacks in Show Business,// 1865-1910.
 * He won many awards and honors such as:
 * Fellow of US Navy, 1962-1964
 * Atomic Energy Commission, 1964-1967
 * Black Image Award from Aerospace Corp, 1982
 * Blacks in Engineering, Applied Science, and Education Award, Los Angeles Council of Black Professional Engineers, 1983

A model of the first cell phone