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Lester Lees
Pages 158-163

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... This uncompromising drive lecl him to grow from his aeronautical background to make vital contributions to the fielcis of transportation, energy production and management, and environmental protection. Born in New York City on November 8, 1920, Lester Lees entered the prestigious Stuyvesant High School in September 1933 and was admitted as a freshman to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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From page 160...
... As the war graclually enveloped most scientific personnel, Lester was taken into the Army Air Corps Enlisted Reserve and joined the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Langley was an active and stimulating research center where many of Lester's young colleagues were also destined to join the leaders of the postwar aeronautical research establishment.
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From page 161...
... maintained a warm and understanding relationship with Lester throughout his life. In 1953 the hypersonic wind tunnel in Caltech's Guggenheim Laboratorywas nearing completion, and that summer Lesterwas persuaded by Clark Millikan to return to Caltech as a member of the faculty and to assume responsibility for directing hypersonic research.
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From page 162...
... In the early 1960s the technology issues centered on ballistic missile defense and, in particular, on the question of cliscrimination between heavy bodies and decoys as they entered the earth's atmosphere. Through an exhaustive effort, carried out in collar oration with Dr.
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... Lunar and Planetary Missions Advisory Board. He served for several years on the President's Scientific Advisory Board as a member of the Space Vehicle Panel, the Space Technology Panel, and the combined Space Science and Space Technology panels.
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