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Holt Ashley 1923-2006
Holt Ashley 1923-2006
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While he is known for his pioneering research and books in the field of aeroelasticity -- the combination of aerodynamics and structures -- he wrote classic textbooks in aerodynamics and aircraft engineering as well. Professor ashley served on committees and advisory boards of Naca, the National advisory committee for aeronautics, the predecessor of the National aeronautics and space administration; Nasa itself; the air force; the Navy; and the National research council as well as of the aerospace industry.
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one of the young indian engineers whom he inspired was his colleague in the department of aeronautics and astronautics, Professor Sanjiva Lele, who was a graduate of ITT Kanpur and the department that Holt ashley helped to found. ashley returned to his native california in 1967 to join stanford University as a professor in the department of aeronautics and astronautics.
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He wrote an angry letter to one of the national committees on which he served in protest against the repression of the career of a woman scholar and threatened to boycott any further meetings until there was a change of heart. He wrote a letter in protest against the treatment of the chinese american scientist Wen Ho lee, who was falsely accused of stealing nuclear secrets on behalf of the People's republic of china while employed at los alamos National laboratory providentially the day before all but one charge was dropped, so his letter was not actually sent, though it was signed by both Professor ashley and his assistant at his request.
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He relished the opportunity to nominate colleagues for recognition and awards in the several prestigious professional societies of which he was himself a member, including the National academy of engineering and the american academy of Arts and Sciences. Many of his colleagues benefited from the weight his own professional recognition brought to bear in their behalf through his championing of their professional advancement.
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His sister wrote, "We shall never stop loving him."
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