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DERALD A. STUART
Pages 338-341

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... DAVID MONTAGUE DERALD ARCHIE STUART had a long and distinguished career as vice president and general manager of Lockheed's ­Missile Systems Division in Sunnyvale, California, and vice president of the parent Lockheed Corporation. He led the suc cessful development, production, and fleet support of the US Navy's Fleet Ballistic Missile Programs from 1970 until his retire­ment in 1987.
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... At Lockheed, Stuart made major engineering and management contributions to the successful development and operation of six generations of the US Navy's Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) programs, initially as manager of the missile systems propulsion staff, with responsibility for overseeing development of the solid-propellant rocket propulsion for the Polaris program.
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... He was survived by Isabel (she died October 25, 2018) ; their children, twins Ronald Sturtevant-Stuart and Ryda Stuart; and two grandchildren.
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