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EDWARD W. PRICE
Pages 250-257

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... He was raised in the Arizona desert in an impoverished homestead located in the "Apache Country," in a single-room home now known as the Landmark Stafford Cabin near Faraway Ranch. The home and the ranch have since been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in what is now part of the Chiricahua National Park and Wilderness Area.
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From page 252...
... Although his high school was among the most impoverished in the nation, Ed attributed his successful career to the town's only teacher, a young lady who was good at teaching math, an experience that made Ed a lifelong supporter of public school education. His modest upbringing, educational experience, and involvement with the CCC galvanized Ed's personality, providing him with a great appreciation for the importance of a strong work ethic and economic and intellectual independence.
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From page 253...
... In fact, Ed was a "selfmade" PhD in engineering whose outstanding contributions to the understanding of solid propellants combustion and solid propellants rockets, along with his widely quoted publications, provided Georgia Tech with the justification needed to hire him as a full professor. Ed proceeded to develop an outstanding research program on solid propellants combustion at Georgia Tech while educating many undergraduate and graduate students.
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From page 254...
... , NWC's highest individual achievement award, for "his outstanding research in internal ballistics, for his contributions to the understanding of the fundamental design parameters of rocket motors, and for his timely research in combustion stability"; the AIAA Dryden Lectureship in Research Award (1967) for "initiation and sustained leadership of research efforts designed to elucidate the mechanisms of ignition and the burning characteristics of solid propellants"; the AIAA's Pendray Aerospace Literature Award (1972)
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... Boggs, retired Chief Scientist for Energetics and head of the Research Department Engineering Sciences Division (the old Aerothermochemistry Division) at China Lake: I always felt deeply honored to be asked to lead the Engineering Sciences Division in the Research Department because it was the merger of Ed's old Aerothermochemistry Division and John Pearson's old Detonation Sciences Division.
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From page 256...
... 256 MEMORIAL TRIBUTES to seek out the basic physics and chemistry of combustion and to not be afraid to make a mistake. Ed made sure that we understood that when you are doing research, you will make mistakes and that is just part of the process.… Ed was a great leader, wonderful mentor, and a good friend.
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