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Memorial Tributes

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING

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NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Memorial Tributes

Volume 9

NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Washington, D.C.
2001

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    International Standard Book Number 0–309–07411–8

    International Standard Serial Number 1075–8844

    Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 20–1088636

    Additional copies of this publication are available from:

    National Academy Press 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Box 285 Washington, D.C. 20055 800–624–6242 or 202–334–3313 (in the Washington Metropolitan Area)

    B-467

    Copyright 2001 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

    Printed in the United States of America

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CONTENTS

FOREWORD, xi
GIOVANNI ASTARITA,
by Arup K. Chakraborty, Guiseppe Marrucci, T.W. Fraser Russell, and Arthur B. Metzner
3
J. LELAND ATWOOD,
by General B. A. Schriever, USAF (Retired)
7
PHILIP BARKAN,
by Thomas H. Lee
13
MARCEL LOUIS J. BARRÉRE,
by Stanford S. Penner
19
ROBERT BROMBERG,
by Peter Staudhammer
23
G. EDWIN BURKS,
by Phillip S. Myers
29
PAUL F. CHENEA,
by Charles Amann
33
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JEROME B. COHEN,
by Stephen H. Carr, Katherine Faber, Lyle H. Schwartz, and Julia Weertman
41
NEVILLE G. W. COOK,
by Douglas W. Fuerstenau and Richard E. Goodman
47
WALLACE HENRY COULTER,
by Michael R. Sfat
55
SIDNEY DARLINGTON,
by Irwin W. Sandberg and Ernest S. Kuh
59
ROLF ELIASSEN,
by Perry L. McCarty
65
RICHARD S. ENGELBRECHT,
by William J. Hall and Vernon L. Snoeyink
71
MICHAEL FERENCE, JR.,
by Julius J. Harwood
77
DONALD GLEN FINK,
Written by Donald Christiansen
Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary
83
JOHN C. GEYER,
Written by John W. Knapp
Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary
89
MARTIN GOLAND,
by Chauncey Starr
93
JAMES P. GOULD,
by Ralph B. Peck
99
MEREDITH C. GOURDINE,
by Allen F. Rhodes
105
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ROBERT HERMAN,
by R.S. Schechter
109
EIVIND HOGNESTAD,
by Ivan M. Viest
119
JOE ESTES HOUSE,
by R. Ray Beebe
125
GEORGE J. HUEBNER,
Written by James W. Furlong
Submitted by the NAE Home Secretary
129
LAWRENCE E. “LARRY” JENKINS,
by Robert A. Fuhrman
135
REYNOLD B. JOHNSON,
by Arthur O. Anderson
139
ROBERT T. JONES,
by Walter G. Vincenti
145
JERRY R. JUNKINS,
by Mark Shepherd, Jr.
151
ROBERT M. KENEDI,
by Eugene F. Murphy
157
JOHN R. KIELY,
by Stephen D. Bechtel, Jr.
163
KOJI KOBAYASHI,
by Michiyuki Uenohara
169
WALTER F. KOSONOCKY,
by James E. Carnes
175
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JAI KRISHNA,
by George W. Housner
179
ROLF LANDAUER,
by Robert W. Keyes
183
CLARENCE EDWARD LARSON,
By Alvin M. Weinberg
189
GERALD A. LEONARDS,
by Milton E. Harr
193
FRITZ LEONHARDT,
by Ben Gerwick
199
ARTHUR LUBINSKI,
by Kenneth A. Blenkarn
203
ROBERT E. MCINTOSH,
by Merrill Skolnik
207
DAVID PACKARD,
by Joel Birnbaum
211
EARL RANDALL PARKER,
by Douglas Fuerstenau and Gareth Thomas
217
DONALD WILLIAM PRITCHARD,
by Robert O. Reid
Other contributors to this tribute are William C. Boicourt, Charles R. O'Melia, Thelma A. Pritchard, and William J. Wiseman, Jr.
223
WILBUR L. PRITCHARD,
by Yvonne Brill and John F. Kelly
231
EBERHARD F.M. REES,
by Robert C. Seamans, Jr.
237
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ERIC REISSNER,
by Y. C. Fung, S. S. Penner, F. Seible and F. A. Williams
243
RUDOLF SCHULTEN,
by Wolf Häfele
247
HENRY E. SINGLETON,
by George A. Roberts
251
RICHARD SKALAK,
by Shu Chien
255
GREGORY EUGENE STILLMAN,
by Nick Holonyak, Jr.
261
JAMES R. WAIT,
by C. Gordon Little and Ernest K. Smith
267
ROBERT H. WENTORF, JR.,
by Robert C. DeVries
273
HAROLD ALDEN WHEELER,
by Sidney Metzger
279
BASIL WRIGHT WILSON,
by Thorndike Saville, Jr.
Prepared with the assistance of others, particularly, Elizabeth Wilson and Robert O. Reid
287
CARLOS C. WOOD,
by Willis M. Hawkins
293
AARON WYNER,
by David Slepian
299
KONRAD ZUSE,
by Manfred Schroeder
305
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APPENDIX, 311
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHS, 313
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FOREWORD

THIS IS THE NINTH VOLUME in the series of Memorial Tributes issued by the National Academy of Engineering to honor the deceased members and foreign associates of the Academy and to recognize their achievements. It is intended that these volumes will 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 members and foreign associates.

The National Academy of Engineering is a private organization established in 1964 to share in the responsibility given the National Academy of Sciences under its congressional charter signed by President Lincoln in 1863 to examine and report on questions of science and engineering at the request of the federal government. Individuals are elected to the National Academy of Engineering on the basis of significant contributions to engineering theory and practice and to the literature of engineering or demonstrated unusual accomplishments in the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology.

W. Dale Compton

Home Secretary

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This is the 9th 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.

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