Please answer the following question: Facts: - known for: invention the first practical power steering system of the high pressure hydraulic vane pump and - fields: mechanical engineering - influences: zane grey - death date: 12 january 1977 - workplaces: vickers , inc. sperry corporation sperry rand corporation - spouse: nell may wilhite - awards: asme medal -lrb- 1956 -rrb- numerous u.s. patents - name: harry franklin vickers - image: vickers_harry_f_1940s_v01 . png - death place: new york city , new york - birth place: red lodge , montana - alma mater: university of southern california -lrb- honorary degree -rrb- Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of harry franklin vickers .
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harry franklin vickers -lrb- october 1 , 1898 -- january 12 , 1977 -rrb- was an american inventor and industrialist .he grew up in montana and southern california .he was called the '' father of industrial hydraulics '' by the american society of mechanical engineers , who gave him the society 's highest award , the asme medal , in 1956 .