Karl V. Kordesch: must remember that name

 There are no biographies of this man.  Curious thing, I'd say.  If his alkaline fuel-cell ever catches on in an electric vehicle, he may be remembered for more than just batteries.

From the obituary for Kordesch on The Plain Dealer ( cleveland.com)

Perhaps you've heard about his batteries:

In 1960, he shared a patent with P.A. Marsal and Lewis Urry for a new kind of alkaline dry cell 1.5-volt battery. Held together partly by powdered cement, it had fewer leaks, more current, and longer life than the competition.

The battery was sold as the Eveready brand and symbolized by a cat with a forked tail. It evolved into the Eveready Energizer, symbolized by the ubiquitous bunny.

From a brief biographical profile:

Karl Kordesch (18 March 1922 – 12 January 2011) was an Austrian chemist and inventor, most notable for jointly inventing the alkaline battery. Kordesch was born in Vienna. He studied chemistry and physics at the University of Vienna, and earned his doctoral degree in 1948. From 1948–53 he worked at the university's Chemical Institute. He was then recruited as a member of Operation Paperclip and moved to the United States, where from 1953–55 he was head of the Battery Division of the U.S. Signal Corps in Fort Monmouth 

This and fuel cells too.  The one I've been writing about may be one of his patented products.  Way ahead of his time.