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Memorial Tributes: Volume 15 THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS This PDF is available at http://nap.edu/13160 SHARE Memorial Tributes: Volume 15 DETAILS 444 pages | 6 x 9 | HARDBACK ISBN 978-0-309-21306-6 | DOI 10.17226/13160 CONTRIBUTORS GET THIS BOOK National Academy of Engineering FIND RELATED TITLES Visit the National Academies Press at NAP.edu and login or register to get: – Access to free PDF downloads of thousands of scientific reports – 10% off the price of print titles – Email or social media notifications of new titles related to your interests – Special offers and discounts Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the National Academies Press. (Request Permission) Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 15 Memorial Tributes NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 15 Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 15 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Memorial Tributes Volume 15 THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS Washington, D.C. 2011 Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 15 International Standard Book Number-13: 978-0-309-21306-6 International Standard Book Number-10: 0-309-21306-1 Additional copies of this publication are available from: The National Academies Press 500 Fifth Street, N.W. Lockbox 285 Washington, D.C. 20055 800–624–6242 or 202–334–3313 (in the Washington metropolitan area) http://www.nap.edu Copyright 2011 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 15 CONTENTS FOREWORD, xiii WILLIAM D. ALEXANDER, 3 by James L. Lammie LEW ALLEN, JR., 9 by John R. Casani NEAL R. AMUNDSON, 21 by Dan Luss and Arvind Varma JOHN H. ARGYRIS, 25 by Thomas J. R. Hughes, J. Tinsely Oden, and Manolis Papadrakakis Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary HOLT ASHLEY, 33 by Brian J. Cantwell and George S. Springer KERMIT EARL BROWN, 39 by James Brill v Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 15 vi CONTENTS PRAVEEN CHAUDHARI, 45 by Merton C. Flemings AARON COHEN, 49 by John L. Junkins CHARLES CONCORDIA, 55 by Paul De Mello ALFRED JOHN EGGERS, JR., 61 by Glenn Bugos and Walter Vincenti LEOPOLD B. FELSEN, 67 by Theodor Tamir Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary IAIN FINNIE, 75 by Alice M. Agogino, David Dornfeld, and C. D. (Dan) Mote, Jr. JOHN A. FOCHT, JR., 81 by William F. Marcuson III GEORGE A. FOX, 87 by Richard T. Anderson Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary FERDINAND FREUDENSTEIN, 93 by Bernard Roth Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary ROBERT A. FUHRMAN, 99 by Sherman N. Mullin Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary HAREN S. GANDHI, 105 by Derrick M. Kuzak Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 15 CONTENTS vii JOSEPH G. GAVIN, JR., 111 by Neil Armstrong LESLIE A. GEDDES, 117 by Kinam Park Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary PAUL GERMAIN, 123 By Arnold Migus ROBERT R. GILRUTH, 129 by Christopher C. Kraft, Jr. LAWRENCE R. GLOSTEN, 143 by J. R. Paulling WALLACE D. HAYES, 151 by Ronald F. Probstein IRA GRANT HEDRICK, 159 by Renso L. Caporali DAVID R. HEEBNER, 165 by Charles A. (Bert) Fowler ALLAN F. HENRY, 169 by Kent F. Hansen GEORGE HERRMANN, 175 by Peter Pinsky, David Barnett, and Charles Steele WALTER HERRMANN, 181 by Orval E. Jones Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary WALTER R. HIBBARD, JR., 185 by Paul Torgersen Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 15 viii CONTENTS JOHN HILL, 191 by Con Allday Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary DAVID CLARENCE HOGG, 199 by Ed R. Westwater Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary GEORGE W. HOUSNER, 205 by Paul C. Jennings W. J. “Jack” hoWARD, 211 by Julia M. Phillips FREDERICK JELINEK, 215 by Biing-Hwang (Fred) Juang and Lawrence Rabiner AMOS E. JOEL, JR., 219 by W. O. Fleckenstein Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary ROY G. JOHNSTON, 229 by Gregg E. Brandow Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary JAMES C. KECK, 237 by Ronald F. Probstein EDWIN E. KINTNER, 245 by Philip Clark HERBERT J. C. KOUTS, 253 Courtesy of Brookhaven National Laboratory Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary THOMAS R. KUESEL, 257 by James L. Lammie Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 15 CONTENTS ix JOSEPH TALBOT KUMMER, 263 by Mordecai Shelef (MICHAEL) JAMES LIGHTHILL, 269 by Shon Ffowcs Williams Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary HENRY R. LINDEN, 277 by Robert S. Linden and Margaret M. Murphy Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary A. L. LONDON, 283 by Salomon Levy JOHN (JACK) P. LONGWELL, 287 by Walter May and Adel Sarofim FRED E. LUBORSKY, 293 by Harvey W. Schadler ALAN G. MACDIARMID, 297 by Ray H. Baughman JOHN H. MCELROY, 303 by Bill D. Carroll, Frank L. Lewis, and John J. Mills Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary HENRY L. MICHEL, 307 by James L. Lammie WALTER SHEPARD OWEN, 315 by Ali S. Argon WILLIAM H. PHILLIPS, 323 by Wilmer H. Reed III Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 15 x CONTENTS THOMAS H. PIGFORD, 329 by Donald R. Olander BRIAN H. ROWE, 335 by M. J. Benzakein RUSTUM ROY, 341 by L. Eric Cross GEORGE S. SCHAIRER, 347 by John D. Warner MANFRED ROBERT SCHROEDER, 351 by James L. Flanagan GLENN A. SCHURMAN, 357 by R. Lyndon Arscott L. E. (SKIP) SCRIVEN, 363 by Chris Macosko JOANNE SIMPSON, 369 by David Atlas and Margaret A. Lemone ROBERT J. SPINRAD, 377 by Joel S. Birnbaum H. GUYFORD STEVER, 383 by Sheila E. Widnall MARTIN SUMMERFIELD, 389 by Yvonne C. Brill and Leonard H. Caveny MILTON D. VAN DYKE, 397 by Leonard Schwartz, Peter Bradshaw, and Walter G. Vincenti Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 15 CONTENTS xi WILLIAM L. WEARLY, 405 by William Poundstone JOHN V. WEHAUSEN, 409 by Ronald W. Yeung, Sarah Wikander, and J. Randolph Paulling MAX T. WEISS, 413 by Wanda M. Austin RICHARD T. WHITCOMB, 417 by Richard H. Petersen Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary MAURICE V. WILKES, 423 by Martin Campbell-Kelly Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary APPENDIX, 429 Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 15 Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 15 CONTENTS FOREWORD THIS IS THE FIFTEENTH VOLUME in the series Memorial Tributes compiled by the National Academy of Engineering as a personal remembrance of the lives and outstanding achievements of its members and foreign associates. These volumes are intended to stand as an enduring record of the many contributions of engineers and engineering to the benefit of humankind. In most cases, the authors of the tributes are contemporaries or colleagues who had personal knowledge of the interests and the engineering accomplishments of the deceased. Through its members and foreign associates, the Academy carries out the responsibilities for which it was established in 1964. Under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering was formed as a parallel organization of outstanding engineers. Members are elected on the basis of significant contributions to engineering theory and practice and to the literature of engineering or on the basis of demonstrated unusual accomplishments in the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology. The National Academies share a responsibility to advise the federal government on matters of science and technology. The expertise and credibility that the National Academy of Engineering brings to that task stem directly from the abilities, interests, and achievements of our members and foreign associates, our colleagues and friends, whose special gifts we remember in these pages. Thomas F. Budinger Home Secretary xiii Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 15 Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 15 Memorial Tributes NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 15 Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 15 WILLIAM D. ALEXANDER 1911–2003 Elected in 1978 “For leadership in organizing complex multidisciplinary engineering projects.” BY JAMES L. LAMMIE WILLIAM D. ALEXANDER died on December 9, 2003, at Waccamaw Community Hospital at Murrells Inlet, North Carolina. Bill was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1978 in recognition of his contributions to design and construction management for major infrastructure projects in the United States. Bill was born on June 20, 1911, in Charlotte, North Carolina. He graduated from Central High School in Charlotte. He then attended Virginia Military Institute, earning a bachelor of science degree in chemistry in 1934. He later obtained a civil engineering degree from North Carolina State University in 1953. He was a registered professional engineer in 11 states. After graduation in 1934, Bill worked as a consulting engineer in High Point, North Carolina, and Boise, Idaho, until being commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1940. Bill worked on projects, mostly heavy air fields, in the United States and in the Philippines and Japan. He transferred to the Air Force in 1953 and became chief of engineering for Far East Operations and then moved to the Air Force Directorate of Civil Engineering, with responsibilities for global Air Force installations, including early warning projects such as SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment system and the DEWLINE (Distant Early Warning Line).
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