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I am sincerely indebted to the dozens of current
and retired employees of the NASA Langley Research
Center who consented to be interviewed and submitted
their personal experiences, recollections, and
files from which this documentation of Langley
contributions was drawn. The following individuals
contributed vital information to this effort:
Irving
Abel |
Stuart
G. Flechner |
Linwood
W. McKinney |
William
J. Alford, Jr. |
Charles
H. Fox, Jr. |
James
C. Newman, Jr. |
Jerry
M. Allen |
Charles
M. Fremaux |
Luat
T. Nguyen |
Theodore
G. Ayers |
William
P. Gilbert |
James
C. Patterson, Jr. |
Donald
D. Baals |
Sue
B. Grafton |
John
W. Paulson, Jr. |
E.
Ann Bare |
David
E. Hahne |
Edward
C. Polhamus |
Bobby
L. Berrier |
James
B. Hallissy |
Richard
J. Re |
Ralph
P. Bielat |
Perry
W. Hanson |
Wilmer
H. Reed, Jr. |
James
S. Bowman, Jr. |
Roy
V. Harris, Jr. |
Rodney
H. Ricketts |
Francis
J. Capone |
Lowell
E. Hasel |
Charles
L. Ruhlin |
Huey
D. Carden |
William
P. Henderson |
Maynard
C. Sandford |
Stanley
R. Cole |
Charles
M. Jackson |
David
S. Shaw |
Mark
A. Croom |
Lisa
E. Jones |
M.
Leroy Spearman |
Richard
G. Culpepper |
Joseph
L. Johnson, Jr. |
Raymond
D. Whipple |
H.
Benson Dexter |
Donald
F. Keller |
Richard
T. Whitcomb |
Robert
V. Doggett |
Richard
E. Kuhn |
Thomas
J. Yager |
Robert
H. Daugherty |
John
E. Lamar |
E.
Carson Yates |
Moses
G. Farmer |
Laurence
K. Loftin, Jr. |
Long
P. Yip |
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L. Loving |
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Special thanks to Bobby Berrier and Patricia
A. West, who provided their superb technical editing
and proofreading skills to the project. I would
like to express my special gratitude to Noel A.
Talcott and Jeffrey A. Yetter, who provided the
inspiration to undertake this activity, and to
A. Gary Price, who provided the mechanism.
Thanks also to Percival J. Tesoro for the cover
design, Leanna D. Bullock for assistance with the
photographs, Peggy S. Overbey for manuscript preparation
services, Cathy W. Everett for bibliography verification
and formatting, Christine A. Ryan for printing
coordination, and Gail S. Langevin for editing
and document production coordination.
Ultimately, however, the greatest thanks go to
the thousands of current and retired employees
of the NASA Langley Research Center, who provided
the personal dedication, expertise, and innovation
that enabled the legendary contributions covered
in this work.
Joseph R. Chambers
Yorktown, VA
April 20, 2000
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