Robert R. Gilruth

Robert R. Gilruth

male, deceased (2000)
National Aviation Hall of Fame, CollierTrophyrecipient, Fellow of The Royal Aeronautical Society, Aerospace engineer, aeronautical engineering, University of Minnesota
Robert Rowe Gilruth (October 18 1913-August 17 2000) was an American aviation and space pioneer. In the beginning of his career he was involved...
William Anders

William Anders

male, 76 years old
United States ambassador to Norway, U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Inductee, CollierTrophyrecipient, Harvard Business School alumni, Boy Scouts of America, NASA
William Alison Anders (born October 17, 1933) is a former United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut. Anders was born in Hong Kong and was...
Glenn Curtiss

Glenn Curtiss

male, deceased (1930)
Aviation pioneer, CollierTrophyrecipient, Curtiss-Wright Company, Aerospace engineer, aviation, National Inventors Hall of Fame
Glenn Hammond Curtiss (May 21, 1878 - July 23, 1930) was an aviation pioneer and founder of the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, now part of...
Chuck Yeager

Chuck Yeager

male, 86 years old
aviator, test pilot, American, Aviation pioneer, General, American military personnel of World War II…Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, Harmon Trophy winner, Recipient of Distinguished Service Medal, Recipient of the Silver Star medal, CollierTrophyrecipient
Retired Air Force Brigadier General Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager gained fame as the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound. This historic...
Paul MacCready

Paul MacCready

male, 84 years old (Pasadena, California, United States)
Glider pilot, from California, CollierTrophyrecipient, United States aerospace engineer, United States Naval Aviator, Paul B. MacCready, Jr…Richard C. du Pont Memorial Trophy
Paul B. MacCready, Jr. (born September 25, 1925 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American aeronautical engineer. He is the founder of AeroVironment...
Hugh Latimer Dryden

Hugh Latimer Dryden

male, deceased (1965)
craters of the Moon named after them, NASA personnel, CollierTrophyrecipient, National Bureau of Standards, NASA, Academic…Presidential Medal for Merit recipient, National Medal of Science recipient
Dr. Hugh Latimer Dryden (July 2, 1898-December 2, 1965) was an aeronautical scientist and civil servant. He served as NASA Deputy Administrator...
Burt Rutan

Burt Rutan

male, 66 years old
Ansari X-Prize, rocket plane, spaceshipone, suborbital, United States aerospace engineer, Aerospace engineer…CollierTrophyrecipient
Elbert Leander "Burt" Rutan (born June 17, 1943 in Estacada, Oregon) is an American aerospace engineer noted for his originality in designing...

Fred Weick

male, deceased (1993)
CollierTrophyrecipient, fighter, World War II, united states postal service, aviator, research
Fred Ernest Weick (1899-1993) was one of the United States' earliest aviation pioneers, working as an airmail pilot, research engineer, and...
Richard H. Truly

Richard H. Truly

male, 71 years old
U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Inductee, United States Naval Aviator, CollierTrophyrecipient, Distinguished Eagle Scout, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Edwards Air Force Base…Recipient of US Distinguished Flying Cross, Recipient of the Legion of Merit
Richard Harrison Truly (born November 12, 1937) is a retired Vice Admiral in the United States Navy, former astronaut, and was the eighth...