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Ira Grant Hedrick 1913-2008
Ira Grant Hedrick 1913-2008
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He returned to the United states in september 1943 and went to work for grumman aircraft engineering corporation as a stress analyst the following month. He quickly became the project analyst for 159
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grant was made chief of structures in 1946, chief technical engineer in 1957, vice president of engineering in 1963, and senior vice president and director of all grumman technical operations in 1970 -- a position he held until his retirement in 1980. during that time he was directly involved both as a personal contributor and a technical overseer with every Grumman aircraft program from the Korean War–era F9F Panther through the recently retired f-14 Tomcat, as well as the apollo lunar Module, which successfully landed men on the Moon.
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in aeronautical engineering, and four years of military service as a naval aviator, it is hard to imagine a postdoctoral appointment that could have provided a better learning experience. Beyond the technical knowledge that he imparted, his demand for thoroughness and integrity taught like no textbook ever could.
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We played golf and traveled to california often and to germany in 1997. We were both active in the development of the "Cradle of Aviation," a museum in Garden City, New york, which now houses many of the grumman airplanes and the lunar Module." Grant was married to his first wife Shirley for more than 50 years.
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