Richard T. Whitcomb

male, 88 years old
CollierTrophyrecipient, National Inventors Hall of Fame, from Evanston, Illinois, Wingtip device, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, supercritical airfoil
Richard T. Whitcomb (1921, Evanston, Illinois) is an aeronautical engineer who spent most of his career at the Langley Laboratory of the NACA and...
James E. Webb

James E. Webb

male, deceased (1992)
NASA administrator, Presbyterian, CollierTrophyrecipient, American, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, George Washington University alumni
James Edwin Webb was the second administrator of NASA, serving from February 14, 1961 to October 7, 1968.
Clarence Johnson

Clarence Johnson

male, deceased (1990)
Systems Engineer, CollierTrophyrecipient, Lockheed Corporation, University of Michigan, royal air force, aircraft
Clarence Leonard "Kelly" Johnson (February 27, 1910 - December 21, 1990) was an aircraft engineer and aeronautical innovator. Johnson worked for...
William Raborn

William Raborn

male, deceased (1990)
from Texas, Executive Officer, USS George Washington, Bureau of Aeronautics, CollierTrophyrecipient, UGM-27 Polaris
Vice admiral William Francis Raborn, Jr., USN (June 8, 1905 - March 6, 1990) was a United States Navy officer, the leader of the project to develop...
Joseph Sweetman Ames

Joseph Sweetman Ames

male, deceased (1943)
President of Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins University faculty, American, NASA, physics, Science writer…CollierTrophyrecipient
Joseph Sweetman Ames (1864-1943) was a physics professor at Johns Hopkins University, provost of the university from 1926 until 1929, and...
Glenn Luther Martin

Glenn Luther Martin

male, deceased (1955)
CollierTrophyrecipient, University of Maryland, College Park, martin marietta, Lockheed Martin, American, University of Maryland, College Park benefactors
Glenn Luther Martin (January 17, 1886 - December 5, 1955) was an aviation pioneer who started the Glenn L. Martin Company, which later became part...
Lawrence A. Hyland

Lawrence A. Hyland

male, deceased (1989)
CollierTrophyrecipient, radar, World War I, United States Army, Fellow of the IEEE, doppler radar
Lawrence A. "Pat" Hyland (August 26, 1897 - November 24, 1989) was an American electrical engineer. He is one of several people credited with major...
Ben Rich

Ben Rich

male, deceased (1995)
naturalized citizen of the United States, F-117, F-22 Raptor, Lockheed SR-71, stealth technology, Benjamin Robert Rich…CollierTrophyrecipient
Benjamin Robert Rich was the second director of Lockheed's Skunk Works from 1975 to 1991, succeeding its founder, Kelly Johnson. Regarded as the...

Sanford Alexander Moss

male
Cornell University, gas turbine engine, altitude, Army Air Corps, CollierTrophyrecipient, turbocharger
Sanford Alexander Moss (1872 - November 10, 1946) was a pioneering aviation engineer, best known for his work on turbochargers at General Electric....
Joseph Albert Walker

Joseph Albert Walker

male, deceased (1966)
American military personnel of World War II, CollierTrophyrecipient, usaf, spaceshipone, world war ii veteran, x-15
Joseph Albert "Joe" Walker was an American test pilot and a USAF astronaut. In 1963, Walker made two X-15 flights beyond 100 kilometers - the edge...