2032至15年
Inventor. Treasure Hunter. Patriot.
一个美国传奇
4月3日查尔斯L.加勒特-inventor，企业家，宝藏猎人，爱国者，丈夫，父亲去世后，2015年出生于德克萨斯州加兰和居民，盖瑞特博士和他的妻子埃莉诺于1964年成立加勒特电子其发展成为the world’s largest manufacturer of metal detection equipment.
Garrett detectors have discovered some of the world’s most valuable buried treasures, and its security equipment has protected millions of travelers and others, including Olympic athletes and spectators at the Games since 1984. Dr. Garrett was born in Houston on April 1, 1932, and grew up in Lufkin. After four years of service in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict on board the USS Bottineau (APA-235), he graduated from Lamar University in Beaumont with a degree in electrical engineering. A lifelong treasure-hunting hobbyist, Dr. Garrett first developed a metal detector for his own use and because it was so much superior to others, he and his wife founded a company to sell it.
他开创了发展现代金属的detector, demonstrated its capabilities searching for treasure throughout the world and devoted himself to teaching others to use detectors. He discovered treasure with metal detectors of his own design on every continent except Antarctica, and he also scanned under lakes, seas and oceans of the world. Many of the treasures and relics he discovered are displayed in the Garrett Museum at the company’s factory in Garland. In 1984 the company also began to manufacture walk-through and hand-held security detectors, including the famed Super Scanner®, the world’s most popular hand-held detector, and revolutionary new walk-through units. As a patriotic American, Dr. Garrett generously donated his company’s equipment for numerous projects where metal detection equipment was required, including many of the Olympic Games.
他撰写了20本书，并从字面上写的关于金属探测器，寻宝篇比分在陆地和水下和安全性。他的很多书留在打印。如今，这个名字代表加勒特作为一个世界性的代名词寻宝和安全金属探测器。查尔斯本人也被称为大法师猎人。一路上，他也成为公认的通过荣誉，个人出场，书籍和文章一长串的非官方发言人寻宝和金属探测行业的爱好。美国代表萨姆·约翰逊参观了工厂加勒特在2010年2月阅读和报告，以盖瑞特博士国会记录的副本中，他承认Garrett的美国制造的产品的质量和决心。查尔斯和埃莉诺·加勒特纷纷慷慨解囊贡献者拉马尔大学和她的母校，萨姆休斯顿州立大学。两人都被这些学校授予名誉博士的学位。查尔斯·加勒特出席与在2011年5月拉马尔的春季毕业典礼查尔斯和埃莉诺·加勒特工程中心在拉马尔大学在2012年4月，致力于人文学学位的荣誉博士学位。
Dr. Garrett was an Eagle Scout and an inductee into Eta Kappa Nu, the national Electrical and Computer Engineering honor society. In 2004, Governor Rick Perry commissioned Charles Garrett as an honorary Admiral in the Texas Navy. He was also a member of the Sons of the Republic of Texas and was a Distinguished Alumni of both Lufkin High School and Lamar University.
幸存者包括他的近60年，埃莉诺的妻子;三个孩子，查尔斯·刘易斯·加勒特，小，迪尔德丽林恩加勒特哈塞尔巴赫和她的丈夫新墨西哥州阿尔伯克基的提摩太，和沃恩拉马尔加勒特，他的妻子，安吉拉和他们的两个孩子，大卫和悉尼。盖瑞特博士是基督的土星路教会的成员。盖瑞特博士在之前由他的父母，韦恩L.和Stella理发加勒特死亡;和他的兄弟，乔治·韦恩·加勒特和唐纳德·伯特加勒特。
Visitation will be at Sparkman Crane Funeral Home in Dallas, Texas, on Friday, April 10, from 7:00 to 9:00 pm. A memorial service will be held at Orchard Hills Baptist Church in Garland, Texas, at 2:00 pm on Saturday, April 11, 2015. Graveside services will be conducted at 3:00 pm on Sunday, April 12, at Calvary Cemetery in Trinity County, Texas, east of Crockett on FM 357. In lieu of flowers, anyone desiring to make a donation can do so in memory of Charles Garrett to: Lamar University Foundation, P.O. Box 11500, Beaumont, Texas, 77710.