| Forrest Bird AKA Forrest Morton Bird Born: 9-Jun-1921
Birthplace: Stoughton, MA
Died: 2-Aug-2015
Location of death: Sagle, ID
Cause of death: Natural Causes
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Inventor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Bird Universal Medical Respirator Military service: US Army Signal Corps (WWII) As his first wife was diagnosed with emphysema, he developed the first commercially viable medical respirator in 1964. A related invention, the BABYbird neonatal respirator, was released in 1969, bringing the death rate for babies with respiratory distress from 65% down to 10%. Bird sold his business to 3M in 1978. After retiring to Idaho, he operated the "Bird Aviation and Invention Museum" and owned two dozen aircraft. He died in 2015. Wife: Mary (d. 1986 emphysema)
Wife: Pamela H. Riddle
High School: Brockton Armory, Brockton, MA
University: BS Aeronautical Engineering (unverified, institution unknown)
Medical School: MD (unverified, institution unknown)
American Respiratory Care Foundation Board of Trustees (emeritus)
Helen's List
National Inventors Hall of Fame 1995
National Medal of Technology and Innovation 2008
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