title: Kenneth Meade Lakin
text: # Kenneth Meade Lakin
  
  Kenneth Meade Lakin (January 14, 1941 - November 24, 2014) was a U.S. physicist credited as the inventor of the solidly mounted resonator (SMR).
  
  ## Biography
  
  He was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He died at home in Redmond, Oregon, on November 24, 2012, from prostate cancer.
  
  