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.


Table of Contents


Front Matter
GIOVANNI ASTARITA
J. LELAND ATWOOD
PHILLIP BARKAN
MARCEL LOUIS J. BARRERE
ROBERT BROMBERG
G. EDWIN BURKS
PAUL F. CHENEA
JEROME B. COHEN
NEVEL G. W. COOK
WALLACE HENRY COULTER
SIDNEY DARLINGTON
ROLF ELIASSEN
RICHARD W. ENGELBRECHT
MICHAEL FERENCE, JR.
DONALD GLEN FINK
JOHN C. GEYER
MARTIN GOLAND
JAMES P. GOULD
MEREDITH C. GOURDINE
ROBERT HERMAN
EIVIND HOGNESTAD
JOE ESTES HOUSE
GEORGE J. HUEBNER
LAWRENCE E. "LARRY" JENKINS
REYNOLD B. JOHNSON
ROBERT T. JONES
JERRY R. JUNKINS
ROBERT M. KENEDI
JOHN R. KIELY
KOJI KOBAYASHI
WALTER F. KOSONOCKY
JAI KRISHNA
ROLF LANDAUER
CLARENCE EDWARD LARSON
GERALD A. LEONARDS
FRITZ LEONHARDT
ARTHUR LUBINSKI
ROBERT E. MCINTOSH
DAVID PACKARD
EARL RANDALL PARKER
DONALD WILLIAM PRITCHARD
WILBUR L. PRITCHARD
EBERHARD F. M. REES
ERIC REISSNER
RUDOLF SCHULTEN
HENRY E. SINGLETON
RICHARD SKALAK
GREGORY EUGENE STILLMAN
JAMES R. WAIT
ROBERT H. WENTORF, JR.
HAROLD ALDEN WHEELER
BASIL WRIGHT WILSON
CARLOS C. WOOD
AARON WYNER
KONRAD ZUSE
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