Edward Payson Bullard Jr. (July 10, 1872 – June 26, 1953) was an Americanengineer, president of theBullard Machine Tool Company for 40 years, and inventor. He was awarded theASME Medal in 1937.
Bullard was born inColumbus, Ohio, as son ofEdward Payson Bullard Sr. and Alice Martha (Camp) Bullard. After attendingWilliston Seminary until 1891, he studied atAmherst College from 1890 to 1892. After his graduation he spent his entire career at Bridgeport Machine Tool Co.[1]
Bullard Jr. continued the family machine tool business and brought the turret principle to the vertical boring mill, making it avertical turret lathe.[2] He led the development of the company's multiple-spindleMult-Au-Matic brand machine that became an importantautomatic lathe in the mass production of parts for theautomotive industry. He was president of the company for 40 years, throughWorld War I, theinterwar period, andWorld War II, a period during which the Bullard company was the largest machine tool builder in the U.S., and vast volumes of militarymatériel were produced by countless companies running Bullard machines.[2]
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