AIAA Fellows
AIAA Fellows The first 23 Fellows of the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences (I) were elected on 31 January 1934. They were: Joseph S. Ames, Karl Arnstein, Lyman J. Briggs, Charles H. Chatfield, Walter S. Diehl, Donald W. Douglas, Hugh L. Dryden, C.L. Egtvedt, Alexander Klemin, Isaac Laddon, George Lewis, Glenn L. Martin, Lessiter C. Milburn, Max Munk, John K. Northrop, Arthur Nutt, Sylvanus Albert Reed, Holden C. Richardson, Igor I. Sikorsky, Charles F. Taylor, Theodore von Kármán, Fred Weick, Albert Zahm. Dr. von Kármán also had the distinction of being the first Fellow of the American Rocket Society (A) when it instituted the grade of Fellow member in 1949. The following year the ARS elected as Fellows: C.M. Bolster, Louis Dunn, G. Edward Pendray, Maurice J. Zucrow, and Fritz Zwicky. Fellows are persons of distinction in aeronautics or astronautics who have made notable and valuable contributions to the arts, sciences, or technology thereof. A special Fellow Grade Committee reviews Associate Fellow nominees from the membership and makes recommendations to the Board of Directors, which makes the final selections. One Fellow for every 1000 voting members is elected each year. There have been 1805 distinguished persons elected since the inception of this Honor. AIAA Fellows include: A Edmund T. Allen 1936 (A) Donald J. Atwood, Jr. 1990 James A. Abrahamson 1997 H. Julian Allen 1962 (A) John S. Attinello 1985 H. Norman Abramson 1970 Joseph P. Allen 1996 Nadine Aubry 2012 Frederick Abbink 2007 Harold D. Altis 1985 Wanda M. Austin 2002 Ira H. Abbott 1947 (I) David Altman 1961 (A) Monika Auweter-Kurtz 2007 Malcolm J.
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