Starr, George Alan, 1920-2008.

George Allan Starr was born in Pleasantville, New Jersey on September 28, 1920. In 1942, he graduated from the Indiana Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering. Shortly after graduation, he joined Chance Vought Aircraft Corporation at Stratford Connecticut as a structure's design engineer.

Alan Starr received his Masters in Aeronautical Engineering in 1945 and his Doctorate in 1977 from Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas. During the years 1942 through 1950, he was a structures design engineer on various Chance Vought aircraft such as the famous World War II F4U Corsair, the XF5U-1 Flying Pancake, XF6U-1 Pirate (Chance Vought's first jet powered aircraft) and the F7U-1 Cutlass. His responsibilities encompassed propeller and gearbox loads, stress analysis, flight loads, and wing and fuselage structural design.

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