Archives of American Aerospace Exploration.

Polhamus, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1923-

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Edward C. Polhamus (1923-2001), an aeronautical engineer active in aerodynamics research related to the development of high-speed aircraft, received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland (1944) and joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1944. Polhamus was head of the Stability and Performance Branch, the Fluid Dynamics Branch, and a Distinguished Research Associate at NASA Langley Research Center, retiring from NASA in 1981. Polhamus is an assoc...

Kraft, Christopher C.

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Christopher Columbus Kraft, Jr. was born on February 28, 1924, in Phoebus, Virginia. He received his BS degree in aeronautical engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech) in December 1944. Kraft joined the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1945 as a flight engineer. In October 1958, he was selected as one of the original members of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Space...

Herrick, Samuel, 1911-1974

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Samuel Herrick, generally recognized as the found of the field of astrodymanics, was born in Madison County, Virginia, in 1911. He received a B. S. in Mathematics from Williams College in 1932 and a Ph.D. in Astronomy from the University of California at Berkeley in 1936. Most of his teaching career was spent at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Herrick served as an instructor in the Astronomy Department from 1937 to 1942; as an assistant professor from 1942 to 194...

Collins, Michael, 1930-2021

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Michael Collins (b. October 31, 1930, Rome, Italy) is an American astronaut and test pilot. He was on the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. Collins was also the director of the National Air and Space Museum and served as the undersecretary of the Smithsonian Institution....

Corson, Blake W.

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Randolph, James Robbins, 1891-1969

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James Robbins Randolph, instructor in mechanical engineering and physics, was born on August 4, 1891. Randolph's father, Lingan Strother Randolph, Sr., served as a professor of mechanical engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI), and the younger Randolph received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from VPI in 1912. After obtaining a master's degree in physics from Harvard in 1921, Randolph taught physics at Simmons College and Mt. Allison University from 1920 to 1922, was a...

Page, Thornton Leigh, 1913-

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Clark, John D. (John Drury), 1907-1988

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Doña Ana County is one of the 33 counties in the state of New Mexico. It was created in 1852 and contains New Mexico second largest city, Las Cruces. In 1900, the county had an agriculturally based society with a population of 10,187. By 1990, the county was urbanized with a population of 135,510 and boasted an economy based on service and retail. http://www.co.dona-ana.nm.us/about/ Doña Ana County: About the County From the guide...

Becker, John Vernon, 1913-

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Parker, W. Dale (William Dale), 1925-2007

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Soule, Hartley A. (Hartley Akin), 1904-1988

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Aeronautical engineer and NASA administrator. Received B. S. degree from New York University in 1927 and joined the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics the same year. Positions at Langley included head of the Spin Tunnel Section, Chief of the Stability Research Division, and Assistant Director. Was instrumental in establishing the NASA High-Speed Flight Research Station at Edwards Air Force Base and the Mercury Ground Tracking and Data Acquisition S...

Townsend, John W. (John William), 1924-

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Townsend, Marjorie Rhodes, 1930-

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Marjorie Rhodes Townsend, born in 1930, entered The George Washington University engineering program at the age of 15. She took classes part time and worked full time after her marriage to doctor Charles Townsend in 1948, and was the first women to earn an engineering degree at GWU, receiving her Bachelor of Electrical Engineering in 1951. Her career began with eight years at the Naval Research Laboratory where she worked on sonar research. In 1959 she moved to National ...

McLean, F. Edward

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Francis Edward McLean graduated from Louisiana Polytechnic institute (B.S. Math-Physics, 1948). Beginning in 1948, McLean held several positions and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), including principal aerodynamic evaluator and consultant in the U.S. Supersonic Transport Program (1963-1969), head of the Langley Research Center's Aero-Thermo Section (1968-1971), aeronautical manager and head of the NASA Supersonic...

Gilruth, Robert R. (Robert Rowe), 1913-2000

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Gilruth was Director of MSC. From the description of Ranger 6 Camera Failure : letter to William H. Pickering, JPL Director, 1964 Feb 13. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733098480 Robert R. Gilruth (1913-2000) was an aerospace engineer and NACA/NASA administrator. He received his B.S. in aeronautical engineering from the University of Minnesota (1935), as well as his M.S. (1936). Gilruth was also a flight research engineer f...

Duberg, John E. (John Edward), 1917-

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Parsons, John T., 1913-

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Gough, Melvin N. (Melvin Neilson), 1906-

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Melvin N. Gough was born in Washington, D. C., in 1906. He received a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University in 1926. In the same year he began a long career with the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in Hampton, Virginia. From 1926 to 1958, Gough was successively an engineer, a test pilot (he was commissioned as a naval aviator in 1929), Chief Test Pilot, and Chief of Flight Resear...

Clark, Evert, 1925-1988

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