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A newsletter for alumni & friends of the School of Aeronautics & Astronautics • Summer 1996
A Taste of
Aerospace
AAE Briefing
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Former astronaut Mark Brown
and Professor Andrisani presented
experiments to a crowd of more
than 150 parents, students,
and school children.
S
cience and math experiments
were given a new twist during,
“A Taste of Aerospace,” a presentation
sponsored by the Indiana Space
Grant Consortium and the School
of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Former astronaut Mark Brown,
BS ’73, and Professor Dominick
Andrisani, Director of the Consortium, performed experiments for a
crowd of curious elementary school
children and their parents on Sunday,
June 23, 1996.
A hair dryer pointed upward and a
ball placed in the airstream generated
a lot of smiles and giggles and helped
to illustrate Bernoulli’s principle of
fluid mechanics. A miniature parachute
thrown into the audience demonstrated
aerodynamic drag and an air balloon
showed Newton’s Third law for
rocket-like propulsion.
Professor Andrisani, assisted by
Astronaut Brown, demonstrated the
heat absorption and heat dissipation
properties of the Space Shuttle
thermal tiles by heating an actual
Space Shuttle tile with a blow torch,
taking the torch away and immediately
applying the tile to his face. The
audience thought they would hear
a sizzle but as Professor Andrisani
aptly demonstrated the tiles heat
dissipation was rapid.
“These experiments help explain
the flight of aircraft and spacecraft,
said Professor Andrisani. The presentation is part of an overall effort to
spark and cultivate school children’s
interest in mathematics, science, and
the aerospace field.”
To provide science and mathematics teachers with the necessary aircraft
and spacecraft knowledge to take
into the classrooms, the Consortium
also sponsored an Aerospace Teacher’s
Workshop. Presentations such as,
“The Spaceflight Experience” by
Astronaut Mark Brown, “Come Dine
with me in Space,” by NASA Space
Life Sciences Education Coordinator
Bonnie McClain, and “Astronomy
and Planetary Studies and Human
Spaceflight Programs” by NASA
Aeronautics Education Specialist Dr.
Norman O. Poff, were a part of the
four-day Indiana teacher’s workshop.
The Consortium is part of the
NASA National Space Grant College
and Fellowship Program. Indiana
members of the Consortium include
Purdue University, University of Notre
Dame, Indiana University, and Ball
State University. Funding is received
from NASA, corporate sponsors, grant
awards and gift-in-kind donations.
s the Head of
the School of
Aeronautics and
Astronautics, I
have been privileged to meet many
of our alumni who
work in the aerospace industry.
Their commitment and dedication to the profession is greatly
admired and respected. Their
involvement with classroom
presentations and discussion of
collaborative research efforts
with our faculty adds strength
to our curriculum and provides
valuable insight to our students.
We’ve taken the relationship
one step further by convening
an Industrial Advisory Council
for the School. It is our hope
that with the launching of the
IAC, we will begin the important process of developing a
strategic plan that will carry the
school into the next century.
Ultimately, the work of the
council will benefit our students
academically and in turn they
will provide added value to
the aerospace industry.
In regard to our students,
the enrollment for the 1995-96
school year was 217 undergraduates and 147 graduate
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AAE Briefings • continued
students (82 Ph.D. and 65 M.S.)
Additionally, I am happy to
report that the School ranks high
with its competitors. A recent
U.S. News and World Report
ranked the School’s undergraduate program fourth and the
doctorate program is ranked
seventh in the country according
to the National Research Council.
With the ever-changing technological advances, our Curriculum
Committee, chaired by Professor
Marc Williams, continues to look
for ways to improve our curriculum so our students will be aptly
prepared upon graduation.
A recent Accreditation
Board for Engineering and
Technology, Inc. (ABET)
review of our School reported,
“There is a strong, healthy and
continuing effort to question
and adjust the balance of engineering science and design
content in courses throughout
the curriculum . . . the amount
and type of required laboratory
courses significantly enhances
the understanding of aerospace
product features through
hands-on learning.”
The School’s success is
anchored in the strength of
many—students, faculty,
staff, industry, and our
alumni. By working
closely together, we will
continue to graduate
students who will
make their indelible
mark on our nation
and the world.
John Sullivan
Professor and Head
Purdue University
50TH Anniversary Celebration
O
n July 1, 1945, the School of
Aeronautics and Astronautics
was established by the University
Board of Trustees. Last November
the School celebrated its 50th
Anniversary with a weekend full
of anniversary activities dedicated
to remembering its 50 year history.
More than 250 alumni and friends
traveled to West Lafayette to attend
the festivities.
The weekend consisted of two
memorial lectures which featured
John B. Hayhurst, BS ’69, Vice
President of Product Development for
Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
and William J. O’Neil, BS ’61,
Galileo Project Manager for the Jet
Propulsion Lab. Additionally, tours of
the School’s laboratory facilities, a
tailgate party before the football game,
and an anniversary banquet, were held.
“In its 50 year history, the School
has graduated more than 5,500
alumni and has well established
itself as a premier provider of aeronautical and astronautical engineering education. We are proud of the
accomplishments made by our
alumni and gratefully acknowledge
the effects they have had on the
aerospace industry,” stated John
Sullivan, Professor and Head.
Left to right: Robert
Bateman, BS ’46,
Sarah Batemen,
Joyce Folk, SLA ’46,
and Jean Sullivan.
Below: Alumni enjoy the
50th Anniversary Banquet.
Above: (left to right) Sarah Bateman, Joyce Folk,
SLA ’46, and President Steven Beering.
School of Aeronautics & Astronautics
AeroGRAM • 3
Donor Honor Roll
T
Below: Professor Robert Skelton
(center), and John Hayhurst, BS
’69 (right).
he School of Aeronautics
and Astronautics is grateful
for the financial support of its
alumni and friends. A generous
anonymous gift of $50,000
helped push individual support
to nearly $150,000. The following individuals donated to the
School during the period from
July 1, 1995 to May 31, 1996.
Thank You!
International
An-Dong Han
Alabama
Larry Dale Autry
Lisa Ann Barker
Edward L. Bernstein
Kevin Scott Bogan
Carl V. and Joyce Cawood
Michael Paul Dreessen and S. Blair Brooks
Robert Alvin and Elizabeth Lynn Frederick
William Goldberg
William Joseph and Ruby A. Heard
Michael Henry Longmeyer
Ronald L. Moore
Roger D. Nichols
Jeffrey Scott Pullins
Eugene A. Rose
Lee Thomas Smith
Neil R. and Debra L. Walker
Shad Torgerson (right), BS ’95,
chats with Jackie Torgerson
(center) and Doug Adams, MS ’96.
Below: Professor Emeritus L.T.
Cargnino, co-author of “One Small
Step: The History of Aerospace at
Purdue University,” signs a book
for alumnus Philip Roberts, PhD ’76.
Arizona
Below: (left to right) Professor Emeritus George
Palmer, Director of Engineering Development
Carolyn Percifield, and Professor and Head John
Sullivan chat about an early graduation photo.
Daniel Ray Aldrich
Thomas William Bruce
H. Paul and Elizabeth Burns
Henry C. Gordon
Charles Edward Kaul
William B. Leach
Dwane G. and Joan Mikelson
Frederick Kristinn Olafson
Peter and Judith Francis Roth
Ralph Beers Trueblood
Dennis Matthew and Laura Lynn Voigt
Richard C. Winkler
California
School History Available
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Professors
Cargnino, Grandt, and Gustafson have written a history
of the School’s first fifty years. For your copy of One
Small Step: The History of Aerospace Engineering at
Purdue University, please send a check payable to
Purdue University for $29.25 (Indiana residents,
includes $3 shipping and sales tax) or $28.00 (includes
$3 shipping) to: School of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
Purdue University, 1282 Grissom Hall, West Lafayette,
IN 47907-1282.
Robert Elliot and Anne K. Adel
William Henry Ailor
Richard J. Andersen
Peter Antreasian
Lolitia Frances Bache
Dennis Keith Baker
Frank and Saada Bobette Barfod
George A. Baturevich
Gerald C. and Catherine M. Bauknight
Neil T. Bean
Carl A. Beaudet
Douglas J. Becker
Lee A. Bertram
Paul M. Bevilaqua
John A. Biermann
Joseph W. and Martha Blum
William H. Blume
Charles William and Donna M. Bright
Frederick H. Brinkmann
Harry H. Bristol
Robert A. and Patricia J. Bueker
Carl S. Christensen
John R. and Rosemary H. Churchill
William G. Cowdin
Albert Naguib Danial
Peggy K. Dedo
Nickolas Michael Demidovich
William C. Disser
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Purdue University
Strickler
Honored as
1996 DEA
I
owe my career to my Purdue
education. Without it, I wouldn’t
have had the opportunities I’ve had—
there’s no doubt about that. Purdue is
a great experience,” so said the School
of Aeronautics and Astronautic’s
1996 Distinguished Engineering
Alumnus Dr. Robert L. Strickler.
Dr. Strickler, who earned his BS
in Aeronautical Engineering in 1960,
MS in Aeronautics and Engineering
Science in 1962, and his PhD in
Mechanical Engineering in 1968, was
one of ten engineering alumni who
was honored during Gala Week 1996.
The Schools of Engineering first
presented the DEA Awards in 1964.
The title of Distinguished Engineering
Alumnus is bestowed upon men and
women who have proven to be leaders
in their profession, in business, industry, education, science, and government.
Many have founded corporations,
built cities, and traveled in space.
Dr. Strickler is President and
General Manager of TRW Environmental Safety Systems, Inc. (TESS),
which is a wholly owned subsidiary of
TRW, Inc. Located in Vienna, Virginia,
TESS serves as the Management and
Operating Contractor for the Department of Energy’s Civilian Radioactive
Waste Management Program.
“I took on my current job about
a year ago. . . . This new challenge
of finding a place to put radioactive
waste is really important. Twenty-two
percent of the electricity in the U.S.
is produced by nuclear reactors, and
the fuel rods used in those reactors
last only about three or four years.
There’s nowhere to store them until we
get this project done,” stated Strickler.
Prior to his current position, Dr.
Strickler was Vice President and General Manager for TRW Ballistic Missiles Division, where he led systems
engineering, design, test and evaluation, development, and a sustainment
team for the U.S. Air Force on the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile programs.
On his reaction to the presentation of the DEA award and title, Dr.
Stickler said that he was very humbled
by the entire experience.
Congratulations Dr. Strickler!
Graduate student Bob Strickler (left) and Tom Carpenter mount a solid
propellant rocket motor on a test firing stand within the concrete-walled
combustion research laboratory, one of two buildings at Purdue’s Jet
Propulsion Center (Photo courtesy of Lafayette Journal & Courier, April 1966.)
President Beering Congratulates Distinguished Alumni
A 1994 Distinguished Engineering Alumnae, Ms. Lana
Couch (BS ’63) is Director of the National AeroSpace
Plane (NASP) program and provides program leadership at NASA Langley in the hypersonic research and
technology base program. NASP is a multi-billion dollar,
joint NASA/Department of Defense program which
is dedicated to developing the technology for an
airbreathing-engine powered airplane with a goal
of flying to orbit after the turn of the century.
Our 1995 DEA, James Noblitt (BS ’57) is Vice President
and General Manager of the Missiles and Space Division
for the Boeing Defense and Space Group. Mr. Noblitt
manages the operations of a diverse aerospace concern
that performs vital work for the nation’s space and
missile programs. He is in charge of 4,000 employees
who are located in Kent, Washington; Huntsville, Alabama; and, Houston, Texas. Additionally, he serves as
President of the Boeing Commercial Space Company.
School of Aeronautics & Astronautics
AeroGRAM • 5
Good Luck Astronaut Candidate Mark Polansky
W
hen Mark Polansky (BS ’78
and MS ’78) began astronaut
training in August, he fulfilled a lifelong dream. Polansky, who was selected this spring to be an astronaut
candidate for the Class of 1996, was
chosen from a pool of 2400 applicants.
Polansky, who was a NASA
research pilot, first learned of his good
fortune when he was attending a departmental meeting of 50 plus employees.
A phone call was put through to him
while he was in the meeting. The voice
on the other end, Chief of the Astronaut
Office Robert D. Cabana, Colonel
U.S.M.C., said, “We’re going to have
to fire you from your present job.”
Fortunately, Polansky, knew this was
good news. However, he had to keep
it to himself until NASA officially
released it to the media weeks later.
“I had profound relief. I felt like
I had put in a long amount of years to
get to this point. I finally got the job.
I had put in a tremendous investment
of both physical and emotional time.
I was relieved and very, very happy,”
stated Polansky.
Polansky will be considered a
Pilot Astronaut upon completion of
his year long training program. According to NASA, pilot astronauts
can be both commanders and pilots
of the Space Shuttle. “During flight
the commander has onboard responsibility for the vehicle, crew, mission
success and safety of the flight. The
pilot assists the commander in controlling and operating the vehicle. In
addition, the pilot may assist in the
deployment and retrieval of satellites
utilizing the remote manipulator
system, in extravehicular activities,
and in other payload operations.”
The Class of 1996 consists of
more than 35 trainees. Candidates will
attend classes on the Space Shuttle,
take field trips to NASA centers, and
experience hydraulic and payload
simulators. Additionally, pilot
training will consist of flying
the T38 supersonic jet trainer
and STA modified Gulfstream
Two corporate jet.
Reminiscing about his days at
Purdue, Polansky stated, “It’s a great
institution. I received a great education.” The long and sometimes gruel- astronaut and space ship photographs
ing hours of study were in part made located throughout the School. “They
easier, Polansky said, by the colorful were an inspiration for me.”
Willich Distinguished Citizen
T
he Purdue Alumni Association awarded A&AE
alumnus Wayne Willich, BS ’60, a Citizenship
Award during the annual Gala Week festivities in
April. The award is presented to those alumni who
have shown outstanding service to their community
and or fellow man.
Willich, an executive with The Boeing Company,
is a supporter of youth organizations, including the
Mercer Island Girls Club, Mercer Island Boys Club,
and his local school’s booster club. He also served
as the superintendent of the Westminster Chapel
Sunday School.
John E. Donelson
Robert L. Donovan
Gloria C. Doyle
Robert L. Duesler
Charlotte H. Edinboro
Wesley V. Eggerman
John N. and Barbara W. Findley
William B. Fouts
Robert J. Gatineau
Carl and Karen Irene Gebert
Robert L. Gibbs
Anthony John Gingiss
John P. and Roberta Gleiter
Carl Stanley Gran
Rolf A. Guenther
Timothy J. and Mariann Harmon
Charles W. Hartke
Alan H. Hedegard
Irene E. Hofer
Robert L. Holt
John A. Horvath
Elwood L. Jerome
Ross Mitchell and Ana Teresa Jones
Hans K. and JoAnn Karrenberg
Paul D. Kelly
Michael T. and Mary Madeline Kennedy
H. Irving and Annette M. Kerr
H. Robert Kietzman
William K. Klint
Neal Douglas and Bernadette Kraft
Leonard R. Kruczynski
George Richard Krueger
Larry L. Lakamp
Jerry M. Lake
Robert Charles Leckinger
Barbara Sue Lee
Jerry L. Lockenour
Richard R. and Margaret E. Mitchell
Richard L. Moll
Regina Marie Moore
Charles P. Muhl
Wallace E. Nelson
William J. O’Neil
Robert E. Pendley
Henry John and Becky Joette Pernicka
Wayne L. Pierson
Thomas J. and Donna Lee Pivirotto
James B. Pray
Daniel Paul Raymer
Warren C. and Judith Reynolds
Alfred F. and Martha Schmitt
J. David Schweikle
David Lee Skinner
Douglas Roddy and Marcia Arlene Smith
Michael Spak
Richard Frank Spencer
Richard M. Stammerjohn
Albert J. and Katherine M. Stefan
Albert Henry and Saraellen C. Streicher
Thomas R. Szabo
Edward J. Szwabowski
Norman L. Tangedal
John A. Thelander
Robert C. Thompson
Thomas R. Thompson
Sam Wesley and Lisa G. Thurman
Lloyd M. Townley
Paul W. Ullrey
James Russell Vail
Donald M. Waltz
Harold W. Wigley
Richard R. Williams
David Richard Wirkkala
Daniel Fujio Yamane
Henry Tzu-Yow and Dilling Teh-Lin Yang
Alan L. Yarrington
David G. Young
Richard M. Young
Arthur H. Zimmerman
Colorado
Bryce Leylan Diamant
Kathleen Sue Diamant
Fred R. Glahe
Calvin Dean Harr
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Charles William Haupt
David Andrew Igli
Gearold R. and Frances Johnson
Mark Eric Lanning
Wally P. Lau
John Winwood and Annette Elizabeth Marstiller
Raymond F. Milberg
Vernon N. Owara
Michael Jerome Phillips
Daniel Edwin Sass
Edwin Feuer and Judith Angela Scholz
C. Thomas Seeley
Francis Marshall Crume Thompson
David Arnold Wagie
Marc Christopher Weaver
Connecticut
Kenneth E. Beyer
Steven Henry Braciak
C. Bruce Daugherty
Donald William and Carol Ann Davis
Stephen Anthony and Rhonda Gay Dest
Arnold Stephen Grot
Edmund Paul Julius
Russell M. Lipes
Edward J. Luppi
Lewis Meier
Russell J. Tonkin
Delaware
James C. Kratzer
Robert J. Thomas
District of Columbia
William E. Halal
Scott Charles Larrimore
Florida
Allen E. Alman
J. Robert and Janice G. Bullock
Thomas A. Butler
Glen E. and Dolores Childress
Cathryn Jane Chislaghi
William A. Clingenpeel
William T. Curdts
Gerry Robert Daugherty
Donald Carl Davidson
Joseph L. and Elsie A. Freeland
James G. Gibboney
Richard Allen Grue
Robert Hall
George S. and Eileen Johnston
Jack Johnston
Arno G. Kalb
Michael J. Laughlin
Martin Leon Marler
Frederick C. Marshall
D. David Moore
Richard B. Neese
William R. Oates
Joseph M. Ortiz
Modris Ozols
Karl W. Saal
H. Rex Shama
Noble N. Shepherd
Virgil L. Sticka
Arthur E. and Jane Strathman
Ronald Everett VanPutte
Thomas Philip Webb
Georgia
Jerry L. and Linda L. Bailey
Phillip D. and Miriam Callner
Jerald M. Connan
Daniel Edward Crnarich
Gregg E. Davis
George G. Lang
Mark Stephen Leong
Douglas Ross McKissack
John C. Miller
Theodore L. Rosebrock
Robert S. Russo
Donald R. and Ann S. Salo
David Lewis Turnock
Daniel Joseph Weidmann
Thomas A. Wiley
Hawaii
Dudley W. Foster
Purdue University
New Director of
Communications and
Development “On Board”
I
n the few short months I have
been at the School of Aeronautics
and Astronautics, I am overwhelmed
at the support and encouragement I
have received by students, faculty
and staff. The alumni I have had the
privilege to meet during the spring
Gala Week festivities have been truly
outstanding. They exude enthusiasm
as they talk about their professions
and their involvement with the School.
Actually, it is quite refreshing to
witness. I know my travels across
the country to meet alumni will be
just as pleasing and informative.
Speaking of information, we
need some from you! The “Alumni
Survey” at the right is for you to
complete and forward back to the
School. Information received in the
“Class Notes” section of the questionnaire will be published in our
Winter 1997 newsletter. Please do
take a few minutes to update us on
your recent accomplishments!
If you have been thinking about
a visit back to campus, why not make
it on October 19 — Homecoming
1996. Be sure to stop by Grissom
Hall for breakfast with the professors, from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., and
laboratory tours. The Engineering
Alumni Association is sponsoring
a chili party in the MSEE Atrium
from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. After that
you can stroll through the new
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Grissom, and attend the Purdue
vs. Ohio State Homecoming game.
If not Homecoming, please plan a
visit sometime soon—we welcome
visiting alumni and friends!
One final note — as your new
director of communications and
development, please know I am
always available to answer your
questions. I can be reached at
(317) 494-9124 or by e-mail at:
aae-alumni@ecn.purdue.edu.
Many Thanks,
Nan Claire Ross
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Saturday
October 19
9–10:30 a.m.
Breakfast with the Professors & Laboratory Tours
School of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Grissom Room 390
11 a.m.–1 p.m. (or two hours prior to kickoff)
Engineering Alumni Association Chili Party
MSEE Atrium
School of Aeronautics & Astronautics
AeroGRAM • 7
Industrial Advisory Council Formed
T
he School of Aeronautics and
Astronautics’ Industrial Advisory Council met for the first time
on April 29, 1996. Representatives
on the Council are members from
the corporate community.
“It is important for us to meet
regularly with our corporate partners.
They help us to keep on top of the
changes in the aerospace industry.
Their input is beneficial and at times
used in the School curriculum and
classroom activities. We want to
ensure that our students are ready
for the industrial environment upon
graduation. The IAC was created to
help us do this,” stated John Sullivan,
Professor and Head of the School.
Charter IAC members include:
Brad Belcher, Allison Advanced
James Edward Saultz
Charles Thomas Weaver
Development Company; Tom Bruce,
AlliedSignal Aerospace Inc.; Joe
Gernand, Rockwell International; Hans
Karrenberg, The Aerospace Corporation; Jerry Lockenour, Northrop
Grumman; and, Hank Queen, Boeing
Commercial Airplane Group.
The Council is still growing and
will add new corporate members
throughout the year.
Illinois
Gregg Harris and Mary Kay Barta
Charles E. Black
Ross Edward Bradshaw
Gregory William Brown
Edwin Siu-Man Chim
Glenn Austin and Ann Elizabeth Dalhart
Willard P. Dunbar
Robert Daniel and Carla Lynne Ewing
Shervin Freed
Ralph L. and Ruth E. Gasper
Lyle Emil and Malvin Alice Genens
George T. and Virginia Henderson
Marguerite Hobbie
Brian Dennis and Katharine C. Hogan
C. Paul Kentzer
Alan Steven and Georgetta Lynn Ledger
Kenneth William Malecha
Kenneth Alan McDowell
Joseph L. McKinstray
Stephen James Melonides
Richard C. Offhaus
Gregory Alan Piatt
Michael F. Pritchett
Ronald Neal Ridenour
M. Andrew and Cherie A. Simo
Michael John Smith
E. Max and Marilyn Maxine Snyder
Tom G. Sprandel
Kenneth L. and Janet Uherka
Scott Thomas Vanderwest
Clifton Krell Vogelsberg
Thomas Jefferson Willard
Thomas G. Workinger
William Peter Yutmeyer
Charles O. Ziemer
Indiana
IAC members from left to right: Joe Gernand, BS ’80; Jerry Lockenour, BS ’67; Tom Bruce, BS ’72; Hank Queen,
BS ’74; and, Brad Belcher, BS ’82.
Interactions
The School’s Industrial Affiliates Program began years
ago. An annual membership fee allows an exchange
of research information between the School and our
affiliates. Additionally, corporate representatives are
invited to make technical presentations to the faculty
and students during the school year. A sincere thank
you to the following corporate affiliates:
The Boeing Company
Hughes Aircraft Company
Lockheed Missiles and Space Company
McDonnell Douglas Corporation
Northrop Grumman
Thiokol Corporation
TRW
Links with Students
The Lockheed Missiles and Space Company and Thiokol Corporation continued their sponsorships of the sophomore and senior design course awards. Recent winners of the Lockheed
Missiles and Space Company Spacecraft Design Award were: Beau Lintereur (Group Leader),
Tolis Dimopoulos, Chad Dougherty, Kevin Parsons, Kyle Rogers, and Melanie Spence.
Winners of the Thiokol Aircraft Design Award were: Artagnan Ayala, Eric Davids, Michelle
Kawazoe, and Cynthia Strong. Thiokol also sponsored an award for the Introduction to
Aerospace Design Course. Winners included: Kevin Dressel, Justin Hemann, Steve Snell,
Edwin Williams, and Seong Yoon.
Dominick Andrisani
Edmund F. and Virginia Ball
Bradley Duane and Jane Marie Belcher
Arthur D. and Jeanne Hudson Bellish
Dale Thomas and Maureen Nancy Berry
Mark Edward Booher
Roger Marion Bough
Bruce Kinser Bowman
Charles L. Burns
Christopher Douglas Carpenter
Ronald Timothy Cenfetelli
Albert L. Cleaver
Phillip Martin and Delores M. Cler
David L. Clingman
Martin Corless
William S. and Phyllis Covington
Michael Lee Day
Noel L. and M. June Downing
John W. Drake
Glenn R. and Sharon K. Dunville
Ronald Carl and Rebecca Ann Estes
Richard L. and Molly L. Farris
Tom and Bernadette Farris
Robert L. and Joyce Folk
Donald Albert and Elizabeth Morey Gardner
Robert Edward Geralde
Alten F. Grandt
Winthrop A. and Sarah Elizabeth Gustafson
John C. Gyorgyi
Michael Anthony and Amy Lynn Hatton
Ronald R. and Alice Huffman
Mary Pat Kelly
Brian Douglas and Nancy Sue Kinsey
Gordon Paul Kistler
James R. Knapp
Francis Richard Krantz
Nancy Lea Lawrence
Rodney Wayne and Robin Christine Lax
C. Richard Lenglade
Stephen William Liebbe
Arthur J. Lindeman
Paul S. Lykoudis
Terry B. Marbach
Brent Christopher Marriott
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John Grant and Patricia Mathias
Ruby Matracia
Beverlie Briggs Maynard
Philip M. McKown
Timothy Paul and Linda Lee McLaughlin
W. David McNulty
David Sylvester and Elizabeth Ann Moebs
Daryl Gene Morrical
David Oscar Oakeson
Richmond W. and Beverly A. Paul
Larry L. and Helen Patricia Phillips
Ramana Murthy V. Pidaparti
J. Edward Pope
Ernest Ravinet
Philip B. and Janet Reed
Todd William Roberts
Robert R. and Patricia M. Rodgers
Nan Claire Ross
Bill E. Schneider
Christine Ann Schroeder
Oswald Warden Shull
John R. Simmons
David Gene Springer
John Stein
John P. and Jean E. Sullivan
Chin-Teh and Iris Ling Sun
Ralph Tate
John E. Vinson
James Anthony and Linda Lorene Volk
James Louis Walke
Richard John Warns
Robert L. Whitlock
Melvin R. Youngblood
Iowa
Michael Martin and Elizebeth Ann Schura
Kansas
Jerry Leroy Glancy
Jerald Lee Klutzke
Tobin Carl Ortstadt
James Charles and Joanna Skridulis
Kentucky
Purdue University
Professor C. T. Sun is the new
Neil A. Armstrong Distinguished
Professor of Aeronautical and
Astronautical Engineering. Professor Sun has pioneered research in
composite materials, fracture,
mechanics, structural dynamics
and computational mechanics. He
established and is director of the
Composite Materials Laboratory.
The Laboratory, started in 1972,
was one of the earliest laboratories
of its kind at any university.
“Professor Sun is an internationally recognized scholar known for his
innovative curriculum and classroom
contributions, including winning two
departmental teaching awards,” stated
Robert Ringel, executive vice president
for academic affairs.
Professor Stephen Heister
(at right) is the recipient of this
year’s 1996 Elmer F. Bruhn Teacher
Award and the Murphy Outstanding
Teacher’s Award. Professor Heister
teaches courses in air-breathing and
rocket propulsion systems, and his
areas of research include rocket
“I left a very exciting position
propulsion and liquid propellant
as Manager of the Propulsion Techinjection systems.
Frank William Capp
James A. and Rae Ann Eastwood
Donn A. and Pauletta Miertl
Louisiana
Michael Lambert Yanner
Maryland
Frank Henry and Janet L. Bauer
James O. and Martha Little Cappellari
Timothy Michael Carnahan
David J. Carter
Scot Alan Dahl
Richard C. Dolson
Ronald Gale and Carol S. Elkins
Charles T. and Marilyn I. Force
Curtis L. and Dollaretta Gordon
Douglas E. Kooker
David Kentlow and Darlene S. McGrath
Michael Andrew Mesarch
William Ronald Patton
Doris Mildred Powers
Michael D. Ridberg
Wilfred E. Scull
Charles J. Yarber
Massachusetts
Kim Billy Blair
Jonathan D. Bohlmann
Thomas B. and Judith C. Downs
Joseph R. Garrahan
Theodore J. Hellstein
David Julin Howe
Melvin Sakae Kitagawa and Sarah Morris-Kitagawa
Ketao Liu
Michael Joseph Mattox
Merlin G. and Carlotta L. Miller
Charles H. Muller
Martin Lee and Martha Joan Myers
John W. and Rose Negele
Edward I. Parker
J. Lyell Sanders
Michigan
Timothy John Alcenius
Dean Richard Schwartz, far left, Professor John Sullivan, center, and Professor C. T. Sun, right, enjoy a light
moment during a reception to honor Professor Sun. (Photo courtesy of Lafayette Journal & Courier)
School of Aeronautics & Astronautics
nology Section, Aerospace Corporation to pursue my teaching interests
here at Purdue. Obviously, I feel
that teaching engineers is a very important and rewarding pursuit. There
is something terribly exciting about
the prospect of influencing bright
young minds—it provides a real
sense of fulfillment for me,” stated
Professor Heister.
Professor Terrence Weisshaar
spent the academic year on sabbatical
as the Jerome Hunsaker Visiting
Professor of Aeronautics at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Promotions
• Martin Corless from Associate
Professor to Professor of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering.
• Steven Collicott from Assistant
Professor to Associate Professor.
• Anastasios Lyrintzis, Associate
Professor, was granted tenure.
Faculty Roster
Professors
M. J. Corless
J. F. Doyle
T. N. Farris
A. E. Frazho
W. A. Gustafson, Associate Head
A. F. Grandt
R. E. Skelton
J. P. Sullivan, Head
C. T. Sun
T. A. Weisshaar
M. H. Williams
Associate Professors
D. Andrisani
S. H. Collicott
S. D. Heister
K. C. Howell
J. M. Longuski
A. S. Lyrintzis
M. A. Rotea
S. P. Schneider
Assistant Professors
G. A. Blaisdell
W. A. Crossley
H. D. Espinosa
N. L. Messersmith
AeroGRAM • 9
Have You Seen These Alumni?
Please help us locate our “lost” alumni. We have no active address or phone number
for the following alumni. (Names after 1959 will be included in the next newsletter.)
If you know of their whereabouts, call, write, or e-mail us the information. Thank You!
BS ’44
John E. Loufek
Claude E. Schaefer
BS ’45
Donald H. Heile
John E. Hove
BS ’46
Pablo E. Andrade
Roy C. Carter
Chi Chiao Cheng
Gabriel John Gluhinich
Paul F. Keller
William L. MacReynolds
John M. Mix
John M. Peterson
James B. Sterling
BS ’47
Wardell E. Hinderks
Sylvan E. Levine
Galen W. Mills
Robert A. Nicholson
Norman E. Pedersen
Reinhardt M. Rosenberg
William D. Thompson
Murray Francis Williams
BS ’48
Thomas George Bee
Thomas M. Benedict
Donald C. Bennett
Roy F. Burlew
David L. Carter
William A. Forshee
Maurice W. Griffin
Jerrold A. Isaacson
Thomas Jundanian
Norman Kier
William G. Maass
Harry Hargan Matthews
Julius D. Miller
Paul W. Norris
Raymond E. Reineck
Prithi Pal Singh
Gale Elwood Snell
BS ’49
Clarence Louis Boretsky
George E. Buecheler
Seth E. Burgess
James L. Carnes
William D. Clampitt
Robert B. Cook
Herbert H. Cooper
James C. Devol
Jack Edward Hartman
John H. Kaleher
Clyde H. Knapp
Harrison D. Kurtz
Robert J. Mason
Thomas J. McCook
William J. Morrow
Robert A. Perry
Robert Provart
Richard H. Stecker
Harvey J. Taylor
William K. Thomas
Otto F. Lippoldt
John J. McGee
Clement K. Miller
Deane Harold Mitchell
Donald J. Parrett
James L. Patras
Alan D. Sapowith
Richard L. Scalf
Ashraf H. Khan
Richard A. Maloney
Arthur A. C. Markl
Donald R. Martin
Robert G. Monger
Benjamin W. Reed
Robert L. Ringgenberg
Robert E. Zimmerman
MS ’50
MS ’56
John B. Chickering
Augusto Vale Dacosta
BS ’51
BS ’57
Berkley E. Adams
Thomas W. Alles
Richard W. Beall
Robert W. Ellington
Allen J. Jessen
Ted J. Kaplon
George E. Kitchel
Robert P. Lee
Bert F. MacFarlane
Richard N. Motsinger
Austin Peralme
Rudolph F. Rose
Arthur N. Umpleby
Charles M. Volker
Robert E. Brown
James C. Eng
Louis F. Finch
Donald D. Fleming
Dennes P. Forsmo
William L. Garmon
Gerald G. Gibbons
W. Douglas Harvey
Robert Kenneth Hassel
Gilbert F. Klippel
Raymond D. Lee
Donald Merry
John H. Mohardt
J. Derral Mulholland
William Frank Swoger
BS ’52
M. Aslam Bajwa
Keith L. Carmichael
Henry E. Covert
Stephen B. Davies
Alan W. Ernest
O. Mark Hanner
James Ross Hunter
Russell G. Irwin
David T. Ormesher
J. Allen Rasey
Max H. Suite
Joe M. Umbreit
BS ’53
Harold Cowherd
Russell O. DeCastongrene
Legrand D. Feeley
Donald Frederick Hamm
Webster C. Heath
Donald L. Howley
Charles W. Johnson
Robert D. Kravet
Joseph Neil Masters
Richard D. McLure
Emil W. Pesaturo
William M. Schmetzer
William G. Stash
BS ’54
William L. Ahls
Harold Simpson Beers
Robert J. Bellinfante
Stanley A. Boehmer
Norwin P. Ingersoll
John P. Krisciunas
Jack L. Miller
Stephen L. Zwick
MS ’54
Roda Mohamed Afifi
Angel F. Madayag
MS ’49
BS ’55
Walter S. Misener
H. Dale Hardy
John M. Kellam
M. Stanley Schlosser
Donald Dwane Thompson
BS ’50
Robert E. Brady
Ricardo J. Castro
Duard B. Coyler
Charles Carroll Golden
Francis William Hartman
George Joseph Hinlicky
J. Edward Honsberger
Warren K. James
BS ’56
George Calvin Booth
Frank A. Britt
Franklin Y. Chen
Eugene O. Conley
John R. Gregor
MS ’57
Frank A. Matthews
BS ’58
F. Patrick Bannon
Charles G. Burchfield
Alan C. Gallagher
Richard A. Johnson
James R. Kerr
Lawrence B. Larkin
Max C. Pahmeier
Charles F. Patterson
Joseph E. Shackford
Thomas Edgar Siegel
Jack R. Steele
M. Kyaw Thein
T. William Weber
Kenneth R. Young
Andris Zalmanis
MS ’58
Hiroichi Ohira
PhD ’58
John P. Sellers
BS ’59
Eloy M. P. Bauleth
Claire E. Chapin
Leonard Y. Cooper
Burl D. Fowler
James J. Geiger
Homer E. George
John E. Hilbert
William S. Kennedy
John Dale Laird
William R. Logue
Charles E. Miller
Kenneth G. Motzny
Gordon S. Shoup
J. Dale Smith
James J. Taylor
MS ’59
Charles E. Cook
BS ’60
Gerald Asley Allen
Frank M. Czumak
Sherwin Dubren
Guy Bennett Everett
Joseph A. Fromme
Raymond R. Roberts
Mark Anthony Amaya
Jon H. and Delores Bechtel
Paul C. Begeman
Douglas Ernst Boddy
Jonathan Edward Borkowski
David Robert Dalton
Walter and Elizabeth Carol Eversman
Matthew Jeffrey Fisher
William Walter Habelt
Stephen Louis Hahn
Robert T. Hayes
Karl Harry Hellman
Clayton A. Huben
John C. and Julie Ingrid Huie
Stacey Elizabeth Jasinski
Lowell George John
Clifton E. Jones
Marc David and Laurie Beth Lehrich
Raynard C. Lincoln
James Edward and Stacey Rae McCarthy
Harold William Milton
Walter Ward Newgeon
Marvin E. Olson
Edward A. and Linda Renck Owczarek
Ryan Edward and Christine Louise Paige
Douglas Gerald and Cathy Jolene Peterson
Yuting Rui
Robert John Sadenwater
Cong Wang and Yan Zhang
John Richard and Frances Kaye Wiley
Minnesota
Willis K. and Mildred Drake
William B. Fouts
Barbara J. Hackman
Roman Andrew and Debra Lynn Jamrogiewicz
Donald N. Kamis
Dawn Daniel Kinsey
Kevin John Kokal
Steven Paul Rogers
James A. Weil
Missouri
Phillip J. Baggett
Dean R. Bristow
Kenneth Michael Burg
Donald R. Chamberlain
Richard Stewart Clark
John William Cooley
Raymond Robert Cosner
Bruce A. and Mary Ann Cramer
Walter D. Croker
Emile Joseph and Christine B. Davidzuk
Leon Alan DeHaven
Gregory Alan Dunn
Marty Allen Ferman
Gary Elmer Halt
Philip E. Harvey
William E. Haverly
Rikard Eugene and Brenda Joyce Hill
Paul T. Homsher
Thomas Alan Kaemming
Stephen Edward Lehman
Jack M. Lewis
Gerald L. and Kathryn Lukavich
David D. Meek
T. Jeffrey Miller
Eric Kenneth Monroe
Robert Francis and Beth Raeleen Murray
H. Frederick and Joanne E. Nelson
Donald Peter Paller
Clarence H. Perisho
William C. and Karen K. Riggs
James Long Russell
Charles Robert and Betty Saff
Stanley G. Safranski
Richard Kent Scharnhorst
Donald Lynn Slone
Thomas Richard Smith
Raymond Eugene Stone
Paul Gene Stover
Stephen Peter and JoAnn C. Stukel
Lennart N. Thunstrom
Gilbert Hunt and Lucy C. Urick
George F. Wiemer
continued on next page
10 • AeroGRAM
Nebraska
William F. Moses
Nevada
W. Keith Everly
Kelly Adam Scott
Ray E. Scott
New Hampshire
Nelson David Carter
Douglas Allyn and Joan C. Joyce
Gerald Lee Spade
New Jersey
David John Bowman
Robert Michael and Dolores Byrne
Robert Patrick and Michelle Marie Chambers
Chih-Tsai and Herng-Jen Chen
Richard Alan and Jean T. Combs
Timothy Brady Conway
Marc Laurent Maschino
Thomas Harvey McComb
Edwin M. and Doris H. Roof
Joseph Harrold Sullivan
John William VanderHoven
New Mexico
Don W. Doak
Scott William and Karen Lynne Doebling
New York
Melvin Axelrod
James W. Crane
George Wayne and Charline Hawk
Edwin Johnston
Armand Kamp
Robert C. Kelly
Jeffrey Boese and Darla Jeanne Layton
William Carey McColgin
George Michael Myers
Kenneth Nicholas and Shirley A. Naab
James Allen Smoak
John H. and Lois Thomas
Joseph Patrick VanAtta
North Carolina
Merlin G. Bell
George B. and Maryann Cusack
Ralph Edwin Darby
James Melvin Day
Christopher Charles and Jill Juanita Dremann,
Ralph L. Gilbert
John Gerard Gilligan
James W. and Rose Marie Nippert
J. Allan Schuerman
Leonard Singer
North Dakota
Steven Moises Buzon
Ohio
Andrew Arnold
Noel E. Ashbaugh
Wayne Morris Bartlett
John L. and Kathy A. Baughman
Howard E. Bethel
Lawrence L. Bogemann
David Nathaniel and Jeanne Bowditch
Douglas Lyle Bowers
Robert L. Brandt
Mark Evan and Karen A. Brunn
Frank J. Cafarella
Terry Lee Caipen
Vincent N. Capasso
Steven Charles and Louise Ellen Crago
Harold C. Croop
Gilbert R. and Caroline Eckler
Edward Ray Elbert
Peter P. Eodice
Robert H. Essig
Timothy Wayne Ewart
Evard H. and Barbara E. Flinn
Kenneth James Foley
James Gan and Tammy Ninette Fong
John C. and Marilyn Ford
Sanjay Garg
Richard P. Geye
Samuel Charles Gilkey
James Edward Gutknecht
Purdue University
Douglas Alan Harlan
Rebecca Jean Herr
Richard N. Hiernaux
William G. Holder
Tracey G. Homburg
James A. and Lynn Wl Hunsicker
William J. Jones
Robert Evans Kielb
A. David Klein
Jeffrey Allen and Christine Kress
John Patrick Kucek
Charles M. and Julia M. Lamb
Michael Robert Lena
Glenn Walter and Janet Marie Liston
Daniel R. Little
Dean Allen and Susan Phillis Loomis
Walter M. and Myrtle M. Melloncamp
David Paul and Miah Miller
Marvin Eugene and Ardath L. Miller
William B. and Jennie F. Miller
William Edward Miller
Harold C. Mott
David Branden Nus
Richard Lockhorn Parker
Brian Carl Peters
George Patrick and Patricia R. Peters
Charles J. Plafcan
Charles W. Pratt
Donald P. Rizzetta
Philip Arnold and Jonell K. Roberts
Robert Howard Roth
Steven Michael Runge
Robert L. Rutkowski
Donald M. Sandercock
Richard Steven and Gail Lynne Sawyer
Paul Stephen Seketa
John E. Shuter
Charles Andrew Skira
Thomas Mitchell and Mary A. Smith
George Hans and Ellen M Staab
Angelo A. Stambolos
Daniel Gerard and Kim Elaine Suffoletta
James A. Sunkes
Gary Stephan Ullestad
John F. Unger
Ronald Philip and Suzanne Elizabeth Valle
Donald W. Voyls
James Randolph Wells
Mark K. Wilson
David Eugene and Carol Jane Yates
Steven B. Zakem
Oklahoma
Gerald Dale and Sandra Lynn Allen
Mark Scott Lilley
Daniel Joseph Vasicek
Oregon
Larry Gesley Kellogg
Clyde C. Matthews
Pacific Military Addresses
James Charles Hatfield and Kathy L. Crain
Norbert Edward Szarleta
Pennsylvania
Ron Warren Askin
Harry Burgos
Melvin C. Corbett
Frank W. Elliott
James Richard Fields
William C. Frick
Joseph Paul and Lisa R. Hess
Robert Elmer Matson
Robert A. Reed
Earl Lewis Simpkins
Kenneth J. Strack
Joseph J. and Mary Walters
William H. Woebkenberg
Peter Walter Yost
Rhode Island
David G. and A. Catherine Olson
Michael and Karen Michelle Visich
South Carolina
Robert L. and Martha Alter
Arthur M. Cox
John J. and Margaret Haher
AAE Students Recognized!
Congratulations to the following students who earned special awards this year!
Graduate Students
Anne Beck—1996 Jane Zimmer Daniels Award from the Society of Women Engineers
Undergraduate Students
Kerrie Benish—William Koerner Scholarship
Eric Campbell—1996 Magoon Award for Outstanding Teaching Assistant
David McKinley—William Koerner Scholarship
Stephen R. Norris—Sigma Gamma Tau Outstanding Senior Award
and William Koerner Scholarship
Kevin K. Parsons—Herbert F. Rogers Scholarship
Tamaira Ross—William Koerner Scholarship
Andrew Staugler—1996 Magoon Award for Outstanding Teaching Assistant
Marchand Awarded
Gus Grissom
Scholarship
Belinda Marchand, a
senior specializing in
dynamics and controls,
is the 1996-97 recipient of the Gus
Grissom Scholarship. Marchand,
whose ultimate goal is to become an
astronaut, was awarded the $7,500
scholarship by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation.
“Let’s just say my mom heard
me screaming and jumping all over
the room. I was pretty happy. I have
always had scholarships and loans
during my entire stay at Purdue,
stated Marchand. Now my senior
year will be the first time I am fully
funded through scholarships. I
won’t have to take out any loans.
“I am so very grateful to the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation and to the
School. Three professors have continued to inspire me. I am grateful to
Professors Gustafson, Longuski, and
Howell. They are my role models and
I thank them,” stated an excited
Marchand.
Originally named The Mercury
Seven Foundation, the Astronaut
Scholarship Foundation was created
by the Mercury 7 Astronauts in 1984,
according to Howard Benedict,
Executive Director of the Foundation.
The six then-surviving members of
America’s original Mercury Seven
astronauts and Mrs. Betty Grissom,
widow of the seventh, together with
William Douglas, M.D., the Project
Mercury flight surgeon, and Henri
Landwirth, a longtime friend of the
astronauts, created the foundation.
Founding astronauts include Malcolm
Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper, Jr.,
John H. Glenn, Jr., Walter M. Schirra,
Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and the late
Donald K. “Deke” Slayton.
The goal of the foundation is to
strengthen America’s position in science
and technology by awarding scholarships to third and fourth year undergraduates and graduates who have
demonstrated keen mental ability,
self-disciple and high creative drive
in the science or engineering field of
their choice. Candidates are nominated
by faculty members from 15 educational institutions.
School of Aeronautics & Astronautics
AeroGRAM • 11
AHS Comes to Purdue
Paul R. Hughes
David W. Ochiltree
David Bell and Dianne J. Smith
James Lumsden and Nancy R. Valrance
A
student chapter of the American
Helicopter Society was established in February. The main goal of
the chapter is “to promote the study
and appreciation of vertical flight
among Purdue students and faculty,”
stated Professor William Crossley,
chapter advisor. The 12 charter members of AHS are busy developing a
Human-Powered Helicopter Project.
“The Purdue Human-Powered
Helicopter Project is an endeavor to
construct an aircraft that can hover
above the ground, powered only by
the pilot—much like the Gossamer
Condor and Gossamer Albatross
human powered aircraft. The team
is hoping to first construct a rotorcraft capable of achieving sustained
South Dakota
Steven Terry Hiss
Tennessee
hover to capture the world record for
the longest human-powered hover.
This is meant to be a stepping stone
towards winning the Igor Sikorsky
prize, a contest established in 1980
by the national AHS organization,”
stated Professor Crossley.
Alumni are invited to help AHS
by volunteering to be a speaker at a
student meeting, providing financial
materials and or technical support,
and “simply spreading the word
that Purdue University has an AHS
chapter and that rotorcraft research
is being conducted here,” stated
Professor Crossley.
ye skY is
not the limit
at the School of
Aeronautics & Astronautics
As an alumnae or alumnus of our School, you are our
best ambassador. If you know of someone interested
in earning an undergraduate or graduate degree in
aeronautical and astronautical engineering, we
want to know! Please encourage them to contact us at:
Counseling Office
School of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Purdue University
1282 Grissom Hall
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1282
(317) 494-5152
Rick Alan and Bonnie Lee Gamble
John F. Graber
Douglas Alan Hodges
Robert Allen Jones
Steven W. and Susan H. Krein
Scott Edwin and Barbara Ann Meyer
Wendell S. Norman
William Lee Peters
Richard R. Ptacin
Ronald H. Tolbert
Texas
Alan Asp
Richard P. and Margaret Avers
Stephen W. and Mary Catherine Barter
Terry V. Baughn
Roger Duane Biggs
Darrell Lynn Carney
Palmer B. Chiu
Dean F. Davis
William H. Denny
Timothy J. Doyle
Donald F. Eckstein
Dale C. Ford
Donald William and Karen Larraine Frye
Edward Lee Haletky
Gregory Jordan and Carol Ann Harbaugh
R. Kevin Hyatt
Gail Ann Jewell
Duane P. and Sandra E. Johnson
Stanley Eugene Jones
John L. and Shirley Ann Larrison
Gary Lee Naville
David Arthur Petri
Kurt Michael Rabideau
Timothy William Reith
Robert Edward Sawyer
Steven Robert Schultz
Robert Loren Shanley
Carl Ivan and Angela Claire Soderland
Andrew Raymond Steinbeck
George W. Strack
Dan Allen Sturdevant
William L. Swingle
William Scott Tamblyn
Gregory Paul and Caren A. Walker
Joel Taylor Wareing
Ralph E. Welton
Lois Ziler
James E. and Diane R. Long
James Michael and Karen L. Luckring
Ty Vincent Marien
Larry Erwin Marks
Harvey Godfrey McComb
Ronald Walter Morrison
John George Olsavsky
Christopher Pericak
Jane Mary Quirk
Stephen Anthony and Angela Jeanette Rizzi
Robert Velmont Sallada
James T. and Malynna Kay Silverthorn
Paul C. Stainback
George Stalk
Clarence H. Steen
Robert L. and Mary Helen Strickler
Herman E. Tarnow
James E. Trask
Frank Chee Wei and Donna Louise Tse
Bartow Charles Tucker
Kenneth Eugene Uffelman
Dan Douglas Vicroy
Charles David Walker
Arthur B. and Arden P. Wiggins
Washington
Vernon L. Arne
Ping Fong
Thomas Glen and T. Dawna Gailey
John Ralph Hinchman
Douglas L. and Donaree Neville
Frederick M. Norton
Thomas J. Bander
Robert Edwin and Sarah Elizabeth Bateman
Richard Martin Blomquist
Vernon E. Brown
Michael Ronald Butcher
David Edgar Denney
Roy Anthony Eggink
Lee John Favour
Steven Chabut Fox and Katherine Lauraine Rowe
Richard M. Gates
Jeffrey Louis Grove
Charles P. Hagberg
John B. and Linda L. Hayhurst
John Canfield and Isabel Bailey Hindmarch
K. Harold and Dorothy Hummel
Anthony Angelo Ingallinesi
Thomas M. Irvine
John S. Krehbiel
Benjamin Charles and Jennifer J. Linder
Roderick Jackson Maclean
Richard A. Mathias
Joseph Howard and Betty J. Miles
Stephen Andrew Northcraft
Mark Stephen Orr
Thomas Gary Pettett
Henry Caleb Queen
Lee E. Ross
Marc Alan and Deborah Ann Schuldt
Alan James Scott
Randolph Conrad and Deborah Sue Shields
Craig D. Simcox
Wayne S. Tygert
Kirk C. Valanis
James David VandenBrook
John Nichols Wasson
Russell G. Welker
Stephen David and Heather L. Whiston
John O. Wiese
Virginia
West Virginia
Utah
Michael D. and Susan R. Allen
Donald D. and Madelynne W. Baals
Barton Jon and Elizabeth Ann Bacon
Norman B. Baffer
Peter P. Bracke
Glenn Martin and Ann Kathleen Brunner
Mark N. Director
Christopher Allen Dobosz
Robert Charles Forbes
David John Fratello
Douglas Bradley and Kelly Ann Frietchen
Guy S. Gardner
Dana Le Roy and Susan M. Hall
Jay C. Hardin
Lee J. and Jane Hesler
Samuel F. Hutchinson
Michael W. Hyer
David Bruce and Debbie Keever
Charles M. Leedom
Scott William and Julia Lynn Levinson
William K. Ferrell
Eric Arnold Liese
Wisconsin
William R. Bolles
Wayne E. Hunnicutt
Rolf N. Irgens
James H. Kaufman
Robert R. and Dorothy Knepper
Chadwick James Oldenburg
Although every effort has been made for accuracy
and thoroughness, we apologize for any errors or
omissions. Please contact us with any corrections
for our next issue.
12 • AeroGRAM
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website: http://aae.www.ecn.purdue.edu
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he “Edmund
F. Ball Aerospace
Collection,” was donated by
Mr. Ball in 1988. It houses books
about aircraft, spacecraft, and flight.
For his friend and colleague “Gus”
Virgil I. Grissom, Kenneth S.
Kleinknecht, ME ’42, donated
more than a dozen space models and
space memorabilia in 1994. Several
models of the Apollo, Gemini, and
Mercury spacecrafts are located in the
“Kenneth S. Kleinknecht Spacecraft
Display Case.”
If you have unique air or space
memorabilia that you want to donate
to the School, please call us at (317)
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