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LAWRENCE M. MEAD JR.
LAWRENCE M. MEAD JR.
Pages 249-252
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It was at this time that I met Larry. I was a young preliminary design engineer conducting VFAX parametric aircraft design studies and he asked many penetrating questions based on his vast experience.
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Grumman greatly benefitted from Larry's promotions to vice president of technical operations in 1973 and then senior vice president and director of departmental operations in 1975. In these capacities he pushed hard to refresh the company's engineering staff by hiring the best and brightest and by streamlining key processes such as cost estimating and designto-cost.
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Larry is survived by sons Lawrence, Kirtland, and Bradford; sisters Elizabeth Bolton and Margaret McCutchen; nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. His wife of 59 years, the former Janet Chase, died in 2001.
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