This is the 17th 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 this book.

Table of Contents


Front Matter
Memorial Tributes
PAUL M. ANDERSON
NEIL A. ARMSTRONG
EDWARD J. BARLOW
ROBERT R. BEEBE
SEYMOUR M. BOGDONOFF
SETH BONDER
Y. AUSTIN CHANG
BEI T. CHAO
FLOYD L. CULLER JR.
LEONARD S. CUTLER
GEORGE C. (CLEMENT) DACEY
RUTH M. DAVIS
ROBERT C. EARLOUGHER JR.
KENNETH McK. ELDRED
RICHARD G. FARMER
JOHN DOUGLASS FERRY
SIR CHARLES FRANK
MAURICE CLARK FUERSTENAU
ELMER L. GADEN JR.
ALAN J. GOLDMAN
NICHOLAS J. GRANT
SIR WILLIAM REDE HAWTHORNE
CLAUDE R. HOCOTT
JOHN A. HRONES
SHELDON E. ISAKOFF
DONALD J. JORDAN
ALFRED A.H. KEIL
CLYDE E. KESLER
FREDERICK F. LANGE
LUDWIG F. LISCHER
WILLIAM D. MANLY
EDWARD A. MASON
FRANK A. MCCLINTOCK
SIDNEY METZGER
WALTER P. MOORE JR.
WILLIAM C. NORRIS
KENNETH H. OLSEN
M. KENNETH OSHMAN
CHARLES J. PANKOW
OWEN M. PHILLIPS
EDWARD W. PRICE
ROBERT A. PRITZKER
ADEL F. SAROFIM
KLAUS SCHOENERT
MAURICE M. SEVIK
ABE SILVERSTEIN
W. DAVID SINCOSKIE
A.M.O. SMITH
LOUIS D. SMULLIN
WILLIAM D. STEVENS
CHARLES W. TOBIAS
ROBERT V. WHITMAN
JACK KEIL WOLF
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