Noah Dietrich

Noah Dietrich

male, deceased (1982)
Lutheran, aircraft, cpa, Certified Public Accountant, RKO Pictures, From Madison, Wisconsin…HughesAircraft, Hughes Tool Company, Howard R. Hughes Sr.
Noah Dietrich (February 28, 1889 - February 15, 1982) was the chief executive officer of the Howard Hughes empire from 1925 until 1957. Dietrich...
Simon Ramo

Simon Ramo

male, 96 years old
Systems Engineer, University of Utah, American, honeywell, microwave, U.S. Air Force…HughesAircraft
Simon Ramo (born May 13, 1913) is an American physicist, engineer, and business leader. He led development of microwave and missile technology and...
Gregory Jarvis

Gregory Jarvis

male, deceased (1986)
Space Program Fatality, Northeastern University, Boston alumni, American, air force, United States Air Force officer, united states air force…HughesAircraft
Gregory Bruce Jarvis (August 24, 1944 - January 28, 1986) was an American astronaut who died during the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger...

Harold Rosen

male, 83 years old
engineer, IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal, Syncom, Communications satellite, geosynchronous, Charles Stark Draper Prize…HughesAircraft
Harold A. Rosen (born 1926 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an electrical engineer, known for designing and directing the construction of the first...
Robert L. Forward

Robert L. Forward

male, deceased (2002)
science fiction, Tethers Unlimited, Inc., TRANSFORMERS, science fiction writer, contributor to general relativity, University of Maryland…HughesAircraft
Robert Lull Forward, commonly known as Robert L. Forward, (August 15, 1932 - September 21, 2002) was an American physicist and science fiction writer.
Tex Thornton

Tex Thornton

male, deceased (1981)
University of Southern California, Charles Bates "Tex" Thornton, Whiz Kids, United States Army Air Forces, Litton Industries, HughesAircraft
Charles Bates "Tex" Thornton (1913-1981) was an American business executive who was the founder of Litton Industries. He served in the United...
Glenn Odekirk

Glenn Odekirk

male, deceased (1987)
Oregon State University, engineer, New York Times, airplane, Aviation inventor, Eccentric…HughesAircraft, Hughes H-1 Racer
Glenn Odekirk (born ?) also know by his nickname 'Ode' was an Oregon State University engineer, graduating in 1927, whose career would almost have...

Roy Ash

male, 91 years old
bank of america, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Harvard Business School, HughesAircraft, Litton Industries, Office Of Management and Budget
Roy L. Ash (born 1918 in Los Angeles, California-) was the co-founder and president of Litton Industries and director of the Office of Management...
James C. Fletcher

James C. Fletcher

male, deceased (1991)
California Institute of Technology alumni, Harvard University, Columbia University, Princeton University, University of Utah, from New Jersey…HughesAircraft
James Chipman Fletcher (June 5, 1919 - December 22, 1991) served as the 4th and 7th Administrator of NASA, first from April 27, 1971, to May 1,...
Lawrence A. Hyland

Lawrence A. Hyland

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