Lloyd Espenschied

Lloyd Espenschied (April 27, 1889 – June 21, 1986) was an American electrical engineer who invented the modern coaxial cable with Herman Andrew Affel. Fred was an 1875 graduate of the St. Louis Law School, which is today part of Washington University. He served as private secretary to his brother-in-law, Mayor Henry von Overstolz. Under Mayor David R. Francis, Fred later became City Treasurer before becoming State Senator from 1891 to 1893. Lloyd had two siblings: a brother Frederic, and a sister Clare. He later worked for the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and later Bell Telephone Laboratories in various capacities from 1910 to 1937. Espenschied was the holder of more than 100 patents in both wire and radio communication systems.

Espenschied was an isolationist and opposed American involvement in World War II. When interviewed during the war by a member of the United States Department of War, he stated: "We were led into this mess largely by British propaganda, Jewish propaganda, Roosevelt imperialism."

Espenschied died on June 21, 1986, at a nursing home in Holmdel, New Jersey, at the age of 97.