List of founding members of the National Academy of Engineering
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This is a list of the founding members of the United States National Academy of Engineering
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National Academy of Engineering
The National Academy of Engineering is a government-created non-profit institution in the United States, that was founded in 1964 under the same congressional act that led to the founding of the National Academy of Sciences...
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- Hendrik Wade BodeHendrik Wade BodeHendrik Wade Bode , was an American engineer, researcher, inventor, author and scientist], of Dutch ancestry. As a pioneer of modern control theory and electronic telecommunications he revolutionized both the content and methodology of his chosen fields of research.He made important contributions...
- Walker Lee CislerWalker Lee CislerWalker Lee Cisler was a noted American engineer, business executive, and a founding member of the National Academy of Engineering....
- Hugh Latimer DrydenHugh Latimer DrydenHugh Latimer Dryden was an aeronautical scientist and civil servant. He served as NASA Deputy Administrator from August 19, 1958 until his death.-Biography:...
- Elmer William EngstromElmer William EngstromElmer William Engstrom was an American engineer and corporate executive prominent for his role in the development of television....
- William Littell EverittWilliam Littell EverittWilliam Littell Everitt was a noted American electrical engineer, educator, and founding member of the National Academy of Engineering....
- Antoine Marc GaudinAntoine Marc GaudinAntoine Marc Gaudin was a distinguished American mineral engineer, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a founding member of the National Academy of Engineering....
- Michael Lawrence HaiderMichael Lawrence HaiderMichael Lawrence Haider was a noted American petroleum engineer, business executive, and a founder of the National Academy of Engineering. He was chairman of Exxon Corporation from 1965-1969....
- George Edward HolbrookGeorge Edward HolbrookGeorge Edward Holbrook was a noted American chemical engineer and a founding member of the National Academy of Engineering....
- John Herbert Hollomon, Jr.John Herbert Hollomon, Jr.John Herbert Hollomon, Jr. , generally known as J. Herbert Hollomon, was a noted American engineer and founding member of the National Academy of Engineering....
- Thomas Christian KavanaghThomas Christian KavanaghThomas Christian Kavanagh was a noted American civil engineer and educator, and a founding member of the National Academy of Engineering, serving as its first treasurer from 1964-1974....
- Augustus Braun KinzelAugustus Braun KinzelAugustus Braun Kinzel was a noted American metallurgist and first president of the National Academy of Engineering....
- James Nobel LandisJames Nobel LandisJames Nobel Landis was a noted American power engineer and a founding member of the National Academy of Engineering....
- Clarence Hugo LinderClarence Hugo LinderClarence Hugo Linder was a noted American electrical engineer and a founding member of the National Academy of Engineering....
- Clark Blanchard MillikanClark Blanchard MillikanClark Blanchard Millikan was a distinguished professor of aeronautics at the California Institute of Technology , and a founding member of the National Academy of Engineering....
- Nathan Mortimore Newmark
- William Hayward PickeringWilliam Hayward PickeringWilliam Hayward Pickering ONZ KBE was a New Zealand born rocket scientist who headed Pasadena, California's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for 22 years, retiring in 1976...
- Simon RamoSimon RamoSimon "Si" Ramo is an American physicist, engineer, and business leader. He led development of microwave and missile technology and is sometimes known as the father of the intercontinental ballistic missile...
- Arthur Emmons Raymond
- Thomas Kilgore SherwoodThomas Kilgore SherwoodThomas Kilgore Sherwood was a noted American chemical engineer and a founding member of the National Academy of Engineering....
- Julius Adams StrattonJulius Adams StrattonJulius Adams Stratton was a U.S. electrical engineer and university administrator. He attended the University of Washington for one year, where he was admitted to the Zeta Psi fraternity, then transferred to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , from which he graduated with a bachelor's...
- Chauncey Guy SuitsChauncey Guy SuitsChauncey Guy Suits , often known as C. Guy Suits, was a distinguished director of the General Electric Research Laboratory, and a founding member of the National Academy of Engineering....
- Frederick Emmons Terman
- Charles Allen ThomasCharles Allen ThomasCharles Allen Thomas was a noted American chemist and businessman, and an important figure in the Manhattan Project....
- Eric Arthur WalkerEric A. WalkerEric Arthur Walker born April 29, 1910 in Long Eaton, England, died February 17, 1995 was president of Penn State University from 1956 to 1970 and founding member of the National Academy of Engineering.Dr...
- Ernst WeberErnst Weber (engineer)Ernst Weber , Austria-born American electrical engineer, was a pionier in microwave technologies and played an important role in the history of the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, where in 1945 he founded the Microwave Research Institute Ernst Weber (September 6, 1901 Vienna, Austria...