R. Buckminster Fuller

Born: July 12, 1895 in Milton, Mass.

• Profession: Comprehensive Thinker
  
• Education: Graduated from High School from Milton Academy. Expelled from Harvard University during freshman year in 1914 or 1915. (for "irresponsibility and lack of interest".)
• Awards: Recipient of 44 honorary doctoral degrees and dozens of other honors. Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize.
• Achievements: lectured at 550 universities throughout the world. (Including Lewis & Clark College, where I hosted him, Linfield College, where I heard him the 2nd time, and Washington State University where I first heard him).
• Travelled around the world 49 times in the course of work. In 1962 he returned to Harvard as the Charles Elliot Norton Professor of Poetry.
• Author of more than 17 books and scores of articles.
• Holds 26 patents.
• Inventions: Geodesic Dome (conceived in 1949), synergetic geometry, dymaxion map, dymaxion car (my favorite, 1927-1934, revised in 1943), dymaxion house. He coined the term "Spaceship Earth".
• He designed at least one airport.
• At on point in the 1920's he comtemplated throwing his life away, but then in a flash he decided to commit his life to the betterment of humanity.
• Coined the phrase: "Doing more with Less".
• Died: July 1, 1983
• Epitat: TRIMTAB (referring to his belief that one person couldn't really steer the whole of spacehip earth, but that he might adjust the couse slightly, or to stabilize it amid turbulence.)

Information taken from NY Times and AP obituary articles, and from an interview with him by a Spokesman Review reporter.

PBS did an excellent TV documentary, American Masters: Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out Loud , which you may be able to find in your library or video store. It is available for $40 from the link below.

Links to Fuller web pages

American Masters: Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out Loud

CJ Fearnley's List of Buckminster Fuller Resources on the Internet

Sites with a General Perspective on The Work of R. Buckminster Fuller, Fuller's Writings On-Line, Bloggers with themes frequently related to Buckminster Fuller's Work, etc.

Fuller FAQ

Frequently asked questions and answers.

Global Energy Grid

Buckminster Fuller said: 'The global energy grid is the highest priority of the World Game'

The Bucky Fuller travelling Miracle Medicince Show

Collections of text and images from his life ...

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