Howard Clayton Eberline

Howard Clayton Eberline (15 October 1917 – 26 May 1981) was a pioneer in the field of instrumentation for detecting ionizing radiation, inventor and entrepreneur.

Eberline started his work at Los Alamos National Laboratory and began a long career of designing and developing radiation detection instrumentation that lead to the formation of a company that would bear his name and become a key player in the industry.

Eberline was born on 15 October 1917 in Soap Creek, Davis County, Iowa.

In 1953, Eberline left the steady employment he had at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and started his company Eberline Instruments, established to develop, produce and market radiation detection devices and instruments.

He had been with the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory as a group leader in the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research (CMR) Division where he developed the alpha radiation "poppy" detector.