Harry B. Benford papers, 1961-1988.

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Harry B. Benford papers, 1961-1988.

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Professional correspondence, topical files relating to student activism at the University, 1969-1974, his work with the Maritime Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Science, and his lecture tour of South America, Australia and Japan; and photographs.

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University of Michigan. Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

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The first courses in ship design was offered in 1881 by Mortimer Cooley, assistant engineer in the U.S. navy who had been detailed to the university as professor of Steam Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding. The department was established in 1899 and in 1900 Herbert Charles Sadler was hired as Junior Professor of Architecture and Marine Engineering. The first degree was awarded in 1902. In 1904 the department took up quarters in the new Engineering Building (West Engineering) with cla...

Benford, Harry

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Harry B. Benford was born on August 7 1917 in Schenectady, New York. After graduating from the University of Michigan in 1940, he worked at Newport News Shipbuilding Company for eight years before coming to the University of Michigan to teach in the department of naval architecture and marine engineering. Professor Benford was chair of the department from 1967 to 1972. In addition, he also served as executive director of the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council maritime researc...

Kummerman, Henri, 1908-

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Maritime Transportation Research Board.

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University of Michigan.

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