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Aaron Cohen 1931-2010
Pages 48-53

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... Aaron and Ruth lived the American Dream. In 1949, Aaron enrolled at Texas A&M University, where he earned a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering in 1952; upon graduating and following completion of his roTc military obligation, including a tour of duty in Korea, Aaron began his engineering career at the radio corporation of america in 1954.
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From page 50...
... . in addition to election to the National academy of engineering, aaron won numerous honors over his career, including the AIAA von Karman Lectureship, the AAS Lovelace Award, and twice was named Nasa engineer of the year, in 1982 and 1983.
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... He never forgot the lessons learned from the tragedies, and he was always quick to share successes with his colleagues. The significant pioneering roles that aaron played in the historic Apollo 8, Apollo 11, and Apollo 13 missions provided the reference frame for his technical and managerial leadership during the space shuttle and space station programs from the early 1970s until his retirement in 1993.
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... so saturday afternoon until sunday evening was our family time." ruth wrote that he won the Texas state High school Tennis Tournament in 1948; he taught their sons to play tennis and each played on high school and college teams, as he had done. He took great pride and pleasure in accompanying his granddaughter, ariela, to national tennis tournaments and then seeing her serve as captain of the women's tennis team at lehigh University.
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... "The young people were just so interesting for him to work with, and he just took to teaching like a duck takes to water." one of aaron's proudest moments came in January 2010, when Texas A&M President Bowen loftin and many friends and family came to his home to witness President loftin confer on aaron the doctor of letters degree, a rare and most meaningful honor to crown his career. following his death on february 25, 2010, in college station, aaron was buried in san antonio.
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