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Up for sale "Aerospace Engineer" John D Anderson Hand Signed Advertisement.
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John
D. Anderson Jr. (born
October 1, 1937) is the Curator of Aerodynamics at the National Air and Space
Museum at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC and Professor Emeritus in the Department
of Aerospace Maryland, College Park. John
D. Anderson Jr. was born on October 1, 1937 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
He enrolled at the University of 1953. In 1959, he earned a bachelor's degree in Aeronautical Engineering with
high honors. In 1959, he was hired by the United States Air Force to
become a Task Scientist at the Aerospace Air Force
Base in Dayton, Ohio. He stayed in that position until 1962, when he
enrolled at The Ohio State University in Columbus under fellowships from the National Science
Foundation and NASA. In 1966, Anderson earned his Ph.D. in
Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Ohio State. That same year, he
joined the United States Naval Ordnance Laboratory in White Oak, Maryland,
becoming the Chief of the Hypersonic Group. In
1973, Anderson joined the faculty of the University
of Maryland, becoming Chairman of the Department of Aerospace
Engineering. He became Professor of Aerospace Engineering in 1980, serving in
that capacity until 1999, when he retired and was named Professor Emeritus, he
also served as an affiliate member of the History Department at UMD. In the
year 2000 was established by the A. James Clark School of Engineering joint
with the Department of Aerospace Engineering the John Anderson Scholarship Fund
in his honor. He
is currently the Curator of Aerodynamics at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space
Museum.
