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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

Honored by:

World War II Navy vet -- graduated University of California - Berkeley 1950, BScME.

- Charter member of XB-52 design team, Boeing Airplane Co.
- Designed first fuselage diverter for Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft -- Hiller Co.
- Designed first successful cold weather EPS for helicopters, Lockheed
- Designed first venturi pump fuel system on S-3A anti-submarine warfare (ASW) carrier aircraft, Lockheed
- Discovered the endothermic properties of silicones which solved the base heating problem of the Polaris (Trident) missile design - Lockheed. This discovery, as silicone rubber, was later utilized for all missile designs and the Mercury reentry body protection.
- Designed soft surveillance satellite - Hughes Aircraft
- Developed target-on-wire (TOW) missile system for tracked vehicles used by Israeli forces in 5-day war. FMC
- Employed on design of one-man helicopter, ducted fan helicopters and first ramjet blade helicopter.
- Designed an advanced aerial refueling system for carrier aircraft. SBD-Lockheed
- Commended by Lockheed CEO in January 2000 for "Containing Communism."