Hugh Latimer Dryden
American aeronautical scientist and civil servant (1898–1965) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hugh Latimer Dryden (July 2, 1898 – December 2, 1965) was an American aeronautical scientist and civil servant. He served as NASA Deputy Administrator from August 19, 1958, until his death.
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Born | July 2, 1898 (1898-07-02) |
Died | December 2, 1965(1965-12-02) (aged 67) |
Political party | Republican |
Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University |
Known for | NASA |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Aeronautics |
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Thesis | Air forces on circular cylinders, axes normal to the wind, with special reference to the law of dynamical similarity (1919) |
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