by Admin | Jan 1, 1980 | Milestones
The “Ten Outstanding Young Men” award is bestowed annually by the U.S. Jaycees upon “a group of leaders for their vigor and enterprise in attacking societal problems — and offering solutions.” Roger Billings, one of the Ten for 1980, was...
by Admin | Jan 1, 1980 | Awards and Recognitions, Hydrogen Energy
The 100 Most Powerful People for the 80’s With the exceptions of Ted Turner and a few politicians, nobody who has power or is seeking it wants to say so. It’s unseemly. When people learned that NEXT was planning to cite them for their likely roles in...
by Admin | Jan 1, 1980 | Awards and Recognitions, Hydrogen Energy
For many people, the line between science and religion is as distinct as the difference between night and day. Not so for TOYM honoree Roger Billings! “Many of my most interesting mental experiments have come as results of things I have read and pondered in the...
by Admin | Apr 21, 1979 | Hydrogen Energy
Recently, MOTHER EARTH NEWS sent a staffer and a photographer out to Provo, Utah to talk to Roger Billings, head of the Billings Energy Corporation. Between manufacturing computer systems and doing hydrogen research, Mr. Billings is quite a busy gentleman....
by Admin | Jan 1, 1979 | Milestones
When the microprocessor chip came out in the early 1970’s, Billings jumped on the opportunity and developed his own microcomputer line –one of the first. With his new Computer System, he founded the Billings Computer Corporation. Early in his work in the computer...
by Admin | Jan 1, 1978 | Milestones
John Wayne had a way of getting things said — and done. Here, with Roger and members of the Billings team, Wayne voiced his support for hydrogen — cowboy style. Even after the oil crisis, some still remembered. John Wayne’s commitment to America was more...
by Admin | Jan 1, 1977 | Milestones
The Hydrogen Homestead was a demonstration of hydrogen’s practical application for the home. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was attended by government and industry leaders, including, pictured with Billings, IAHE President Nejat Veziroglu and former HUD Secretary...
by Admin | Jan 1, 1977 | Milestones
Billings’ work in hydrogen received national attention with the Cadillac Seville that was featured in Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Inaugural Parade. The vehicle was equipped to run on either hydrogen or gasoline — for greater range in the absence of...
by Admin | Jan 1, 1976 | Milestones
The Provo-Orem bus was a demonstration of hydrogen’s suitability for mass transportation applications. The larger vehicle could easily accommodate the added weight of the hydrogen stored in metal hydride form. The bus was also a demonstration of hydrogen’s added...
by Admin | Aug 19, 1975 | Awards and Recognitions, Hydrogen Energy
by Alene E. Bentley – The Enterprise – 19 August 1975 “Inspiration and genius – one and the same.” ~ Victor Hugo It was the same old story the day the Wright Brothers rolled down the runway in some rickety contraption they called an airplane....