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This is the fifteenth volume in the series of 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.

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National Academy of Engineering. 2011. Memorial Tributes: Volume 15. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/13160.

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444 pages |  6 x 9 | 

ISBNs: 
  • Hardcover:  978-0-309-21306-6
  • Ebook:  978-0-309-21309-7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/13160
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Front Matter i-xiv
Memorial Tributes 1-1
William D. Alexander 1911-2003 2-7
Lew Allen, JR. 1925-2010 8-19
Neal R. Amundson 1926-2011 20-23
John H. Argyris 1913-2004 24-31
Holt Ashley 1923-2006 32-37
Kermit Earl Brown 1923-2009 38-43
Praveen Chaudhari 1937-2010 44-47
Aaron Cohen 1931-2010 48-53
Charles Concordia 1908-2003 54-59
Alfred John Eggers, JR. 1922-2006 60-65
Leopold B. Felsen 1924-2005 66-71
Evanescent Professors 72-73
Iain Finnie 1928-2009 74-79
John A. Focht, JR. 1923-2010 80-85
George A. Fox 1920-2001 86-91
Ferdinand Freudenstein 1926-2006 92-97
Robert A. Fuhrman 1925-2009 98-103
Haren S. Gandhi 1941-2010 104-109
Joseph G. Gavin, JR. 1920-2010 110-115
Leslie A. Geddes 1921-2009 116-121
Paul Germain 1920-2009 122-127
Robert R. Gilruth 1913-2000 128-141
Lawrence R. Glosten 1918-2010 142-149
Wallace D. Hayes 1918-2001 150-157
Ira Grant Hedrick 1913-2008 158-163
David R. Heebner 1927-2003 164-167
Allan F. Henry 1925-2001 168-173
George Herrmann 1921-2007 174-179
Walter Herrmann 1930-2000 180-183
Walter R. Hibbard, JR. 1918-2010 184-189
John Hill 19921-2008 190-197
David Clarence Hogg 1921-2009 198-203
George W. Housner 1910-2008 204-209
W.J. "Jack" Howard 1922-2010 210-213
Frederick Jelinek 1932-2010 214-217
Amos E. Joel, JR. 1918-2008 218-227
Roy G. Johnston 1914-2008 228-235
James C. Keck 1924-2010 236-243
Edwin E. Kintner 1920-2010 244-251
Herbert J. C. Kouts 1919-2008 252-255
Thomas R. Kuesel 1926-2010 256-261
Joseph Talbot Kummer 1919-1997 262-267
(Michael) James Lighthill 1924-1998 268-275
Henry R. Linden 1922-2009 276-281
A. L. London 1913-2008 282-285
John (Jack) P. Longwell 1918-2004 286-291
Fred E. Luborsky 1923-2010 292-295
Alan G. Macdiarmid 1927-2007 296-301
John H. McElroy 1936-2007 302-305
Henry L. Michel 1924-2001 306-313
Walter Shepard Owen 1920-2007 314-321
William H. Phillips 1918-2009 322-327
Thomas H. Pigford 1922-2010 328-333
Brian H. Rowe 1931-2007 334-339
Rustum Roy 1924-2010 340-345
George S. Schairer 1913-2004 346-349
Manfred Robert Schroeder 1926-2009 350-355
Glenn A. Schurman 1922-2010 356-361
L. E. (Skip) Scriven 1931-2007 362-367
Joanne Simpson 1923-2010 368-375
Robert J. Spinrad 1932-2009 376-381
H. Guyford Stever 1916-2010 382-387
Martin Summerfield 1916-1996 388-395
Milton D. Van Dyke 1922-2010 396-403
William L. Wearly 1915-2010 404-407
John V. Wehausen 1913-2005 408-411
Max T. Weiss 1922-2006 412-415
Richard T. Whitcomb 1921-2009 416-421
Maurice V. Wilkes 1913-2010 422-428
Appendix 429-430

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