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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

Honored by:
Dr. R. G. Snyder

Commercial, Military, FAA Research Test Pilot, Unlimited Class Race Pilot, Professor, Research Scientist, Explorer. Inducted into Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame (1998); Health And Safety Hall of Fame International (1993).
Flew 100 combat missions F-51 Mustangs in Korea, 1951. Distinguished Flying Cross, 3 Air Medals. 1stLt USAF (Ret) 1954). Flight Officer, Pilot, CAP World War II (WWII) 1944-1948.
Amherst College, University of Arizona, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (1959); Diplomat, ABFA; Fellow in Aerospace Medicine.
Prof and Research Scientist, University of Michigan and faculty Michigan State, Arizona, Chicago, Oklahoma.
Author of 400 publications in occupant crash protection, human impact tolerance, crash safety.
Director, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Center of Excellence, University of Michigan; Manager, Biomechanics, Ford Motor Co. Chief, Anthropology & Protection & Survival Labs, CAMI, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); President, George Snively Research Foundation; Director, Snell Memorial Foundation; New Mexico Research Institute; President, BioDynamics International.
Born Northampton, Mass,-1928; married Phoebe Jones, 1949.
Six children, two Air Force pilot sons killed in service. May be only pilot to have survived jet fighter formation crash into ground (F-84G Artic, 1953).