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Edward C. Wells
Pages 350-353

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From page 351...
... Because we were approximately the same age and had similar responsibilities at two competing companies, the Boeing Company anct Douglas Aircraft, ~ came to know Ec] and his accomplishments very well and to respect his work greatly.
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... Later, he was a member of the Research and Technology Advisory Council for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, a member of the President's Special Task Force on Transportation, ancT a member of the Defense Science Board. In 1978, because of his significant contributions to aeronautics, Mr.
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... He receiver! the Daniel Guggenheim Medal in 1980 for his "outstanding contributions in the design and production of some of the worIct's most famous commercial and military aircraft." In 1981 he was elected a fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers "for exceptional contributions to the advancement of automotive technology." In 1985 he received the Tony Janus Award in recognition of his "outstanding contributions to the clevelopment of complex aerospace systems and significant accomplishments in the design and procluction of a long line of the worId's most famous military and commercial aircraft." Mr.
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