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Memorial Tributes: Volume 12 THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS This PDF is available at http://nap.edu/12473 SHARE Memorial Tributes: Volume 12 DETAILS 376 pages | 6.25 x 9.25 | HARDBACK ISBN 978-0-309-12639-7 | DOI 10.17226/12473 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 12 Memorial Tributes NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 12 Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 12 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Memorial Tributes Volume 12 THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS Washington, D.C. 2008 Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 12 International Standard Book Number-13: 978-0-309-12639-7 International Standard Book Number-10: 0-309-12639-8 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 2008 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 12 CONTENTS FOREWORD, xiii W I L L I S A L F R E D A D C O C K, 3 by Sanjay Banerjee, Earl Swartzlander, and David Beer Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary R O B E R T A D L E R, 9 by John J. Pederson and John I. Taylor Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary R U T H E R F O R D A R I S, 17 by Neal R. Amundson and W. Harmon Ray S T A N L E Y B A C K E R, 23 by Subhash K. Batra Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary W I L L I A M O L I V E R B A K E R, 31 by A. Michael Noll Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary H O W A R D C . B A R N E S, 35 by Stan Horowitz v Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 12 vi CONTENTS R O B E R T R . B E R G, 41 by Luc Ikelle Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary F R E D E R I C K S T U C K Y B I L L I G, 47 by Ben T. Zinn and Joseph A. Schetz R I C H A R D H E N R Y B O L T, 51 by Leo L. Beranek L E O N E . B O R G M A N, 57 by Jeffrey A. Melby Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary S O L B U R S T E I N, 61 by John Taylor M E L V I N W. C A R T E R, 69 by A. Alan Moghissi Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary H A R O L D C H E S T N U T, 75 by Stephen Kahne Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary E D G A R F . C O D D, 81 by C.J. Date Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary M O R R I S C O H E N, 89 by Edwin L. Thomas and Gregory B. Olson Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary R A L P H C R O S S, 93 by Dennis Cross Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 12 CONTENTS vii G E O R G E B. D A N T Z I G, 101 by Saul I. Gass Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary J O H N L A R R Y D U D A, 109 by Ronald P. Danner Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary M A X I M E A. F A G E T, 117 by Joe Allen Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary R I C H A R D H. G A L L A G H E R, 123 by Richard S. Gallagher Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary I V A N A. G E T T I N G, 129 by George Paulikas Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary K E N N E T H W. H A M M I N G, 135 by William A. Chittenden H E I N Z H E I N E M A N N, 141 by John H. Sinfelt S T A N L E Y H I L L E R J R., 147 by Jim McCroskey W I L L I A M H E R B E R T H U G G I N S, 153 by Wilson J. Rugh and Doris R. Entwisle Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary C H A L M E R G A T L I N K I R K B R I D E, 157 adapted from an article by Sandy Smith, Public Relations Department, Widener University Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 12 viii CONTENTS H E N D R I C K K R A M E R S, 163 by R. Byron Bird and Boudewijn van Nederveen THOMAS DUANE LARSON, 169 by Philip D. Cady Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary E R A S T U S H. L E E, 173 by Frederick F. Ling J O S E P H T. L I N G, 179 by Richard A. Conway and Louis J. Ling R A L P H A. L O G A N, 185 by Mort Panish R O B E R T W . M A N N, 191 the MIT News Office Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary J O H N L . M C L U C A S, 195 by Allen Puckett R U B E N F . M E T T L E R, 201 by Tom Everhart A L A N S . M I C H A E L S, 207 by Andreas Acrivos A . R I C H A R D N E W T O N, 217 by Teresa Moore Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary C H A R L E S N O B L E, 223 the Charles Noble Family Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 12 CONTENTS ix F R E D E R I C C . E . O D E R, 229 by Vance Coffman R O N A L D S A M U E L R I V L I N, 235 by G.I. Barenblatt and D.D. Joseph G E O R G E A . S A M A R A, 241 by Al Romig R EU B E N S A M U E L S, 247 by James Lammie D U D L E Y A . S A V I L L E, 253 by William R. Schowalter M I L T O N C L A Y T O N S H A W, 261 by Ranga Komanduri and Barbara Shaw Zitzewitz Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary S H A N - F U S H E N, 269 by F.K. Moore A L A N F . S H U G A R T, 275 by Gordon F. Hughes Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary J O H N W I S T A R S I M P S O N, 279 by William Howard Arnold R O B E R T M . S N E I D E R, 287 by Michael Prats V I V I A N T . S T A N N E T T, 293 by Donald R. Paul D A V I D T A B O R, 299 by Ian M. Hutchings and Brian J. Briscoe Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Memorial Tributes: Volume 12 x CONTENTS C H E N - T O T A I, 305 by Dipak L. Sengupta and Thomas B.A. Senior Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary G O R D O N K . T E A L, 311 by Don W. Shaw A L E X A N D E R R O B E R T T R O I A N O, 315 by Arthur H. Heuer and Gary M. Michal A L A N M A N N E R S V O O R H E E S, 321 by Thomas B. Deen P A U L W E I D L I N G E R, 329 by Matthys P. Levy A L V I N M . W E I N B E R G, 333 by Jeffrey Wadsworth J A M E S W I L L I A M W E S T W A T E R, 339 by Richard Alkire and Thomas Hanratty J.
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