Russell S. Colley Papers, 1933-1977 1933-1977

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was established as an independent agency of the executive branch on October 1, 1958 by the National Aeronautics and Space Act (72 Stat. 426), approved July 29, 1958. It superseded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). NASA conducted redsearch on problems of flight, developed aeronautical and space vehicles, explored outer space, and participated in international programs for the peaceful development of space technology....

The University of Akron, University Libraries, Archival Services

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Russell S. Colley was born in Stoneham, Massachusetts in 1899. He graduated from high school in 1916. Two years later, he graduated from the Wentworth Institute (now Wentworth Institute of Technology) in Boston, Massachusetts with a degree in mechanical engineering. After college he married Dorothy Antle of Stoneham. They had one daughter, Barbara. In 1928, Colley moved to Akron, Ohio to become a mechanical engineer for the aeronautical division of the B. F. Goodrich Company. During his tenure w...

Colley, Russell S., 1899-1996

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B.F. Goodrich Company

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Akron, OH. From the description of Trade catalogs, ca.1915. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 122579155 The B.F. Goodrich Company began in 1870. Originally called Goodrich, Tew and Company, the organization was founded by Benjamin Franklin Goodrich, Harvey W. Tew, Henry S. Sanderson, Robert Newland, and David N. Marvin. Their partnership was intended to make rubber and because of their choice of location in Akron, Goodrich, Tew and Company (GTC) be...