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Frederick Stucky Billig
Pages 46-49

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... in mechanical engineering at JHU in 1955, Fred joined the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) there and began working on hypersonic propulsion and vehicles.
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... For his lifetime of work in the scramjet field, he earned the USAF Meritorious Civilian Service Award, the Bondaruck Award from the Soviet Academy of Sciences, and the USSR Aviation Sport Federation Award, all in 1992. He received the Engineering Innovation Hall of Fame Award
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... He is survived by his four children: Linda Baumler and husband Robert, Donna Bartley and husband Dave, Fred Billig and wife Trish, and Jimmy Billig and wife Stephanie. He is also survived by 10 grandchildren, whom he adored: Bobby, Jennifer, Christina, Marissa, Lauren, Christopher, Kelly, Stephen, Jackie, and Caroline.
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