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Richard Henry Bolt
Richard Henry Bolt
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His interest in acoustics was sparked by some articles he read in architectural journals. Dick married Katherine Mary Smith immediately after graduation, and the couple honeymooned in Europe, where Dick was introduced to Professors Erwin Meyer and Hermann Biehle, who were teaching acoustics in Berlin.
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For two years, starting in 1940, he directed MIT's Underwater Sound Laboratory, and in 1943, he was named scientific liaison officer in subsurface warfare to the Office of Scientific Research and Development in London. At the end of World War II, Dick was appointed director of a newly conceived acoustics laboratory at MIT.
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The same year the National Institutes of Health appointed Dick principal consultant in biophysics to work with a new study section in that field. By the summer of 1958, he had organized a successful international conference, held in Boulder, Colorado, to explore future directions for biophysical science.
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The citation reads: "For outstanding contributions to acoustics through research, teaching, and professional leadership, and for distinguished administrative and advisory service to science, engineering, and government." He was also an active member or fellow of several other prestigious professional societies, including the American Physical Society, National Academy of Engineering, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, IEEE, and Institute of Noise Control Engineering. When the International Congress on Acoustics was founded in 1953, Dick was chosen to be its first president.
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55 RICHARD HENRY BOLT Dick's wife, Katherine, died in 1992 after an extended illness. He is survived by one son, Dick Bolt; two daughters, Bea Scribner and Deborah Bolt-Zieses; seven grandchildren; and eight greatgrandchildren.
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