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Clarence L. Johnson
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He later moved to Flint, graduated from Flint Junior College, and completed his education at the University of Michigan, where he received his bachelor of science degree in 1932 and his master of science degree in aeronautical engineering in 1933. The seventh of nine children, Kelly said in later years that he learned respect for hard work and for education from his Swedish immigrant parents.
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Collier Trophy, presented by the National Aeronautic Association of the U.S.A., and the Theodore van Karman Award of the Air Force Association. Kelly also received two Sylvanus Albert Reed Aeronautics Awards, given by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; the NationalAeronauticAssociation'sWrightBrothers Memorial Trophy; and, in 1971, the Founders Medal of the National Academy of Engineering- all among the most presti.
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He devised and enforced fourteen basic management rules that have been widely cited in publications such as A PassionforExcellence. Kelly supplemented his formal operating principles with memorable axioms such as "if you can't do it with brainpower, you can't do it with manpower or overtime" and "be quick, be quiet, be on time." The Skunk Works, under Kelly's leadership, was known for continuously advancing the state of the art in engineering and aviation.
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