University City Science Center, a nonprofit that helps innovators and entrepreneurs take their creative ideas to the marketplace, was designed to be a place of collaboration, and has only grown since its start in 1963.

The center, which moved into its new uCity Square location at the end of 2018, was slated as the next hub to be featured in Technical.ly’s 10-week series ahead of Philly Tech Week 2020 presented by Comcast that’s connecting historical figures to modern spaces that embody innovation. (See how the programmers of the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer connect to Pennovation Works if you’re not caught up.)

Alas, when we launched this series and spent the past several months planning this year’s Philly Tech Week events, we didn’t anticipate a pandemic ripping through our region and bounding residents to their homes. (Maybe you’ve heard?) Accordingly, PTW20 is now postponed to later this year. But we couldn’t resist sharing one more story of an innovator from Philly’s past — and, happily, one with the strongest connection yet to its assigned PTW hub.

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