Karl Werner

Karl Werner was a New York industrial designer who coined the word "cryonics" in 1965. "Cryonics" is a portmanteau of "cryo-" and "bionics". The new word was used in the name of the Cryonics Society of New York that was founded by Harold Costello, Curtis Henderson, Saul Kent, James Sutton, and Werner in 1965. Three years later, Werner drifted away from cryonics and became involved in Scientology.