Hugh L. Dryden

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Hugh L. Dryden was a prominent American aeronautical scientist and engineer who served as NASA’s first Deputy Administrator and made major contributions to high-speed flight and aerospace research.

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instanceOf NASA official
aeronautical engineer
aerospace engineer
human
public administrator
scientist
academicDegree PhD in physics
awardReceived ASME Medal NERFINISHED
Daniel Guggenheim Medal NERFINISHED
Presidential Medal of Freedom NERFINISHED
Sylvanus Albert Reed Award NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Johns Hopkins University NERFINISHED
employer National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NERFINISHED
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NERFINISHED
familyName Dryden NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork aerodynamics
aeronautics
aerospace research
high-speed flight
supersonic flight
fullName Hugh Latimer Dryden NERFINISHED
givenName Hugh NERFINISHED
hasPart Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Center namesake
memberOf American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics NERFINISHED
American Philosophical Society
American Society of Mechanical Engineers NERFINISHED
National Academy of Sciences
namedAfter Hugh L. Dryden Aeronautical Research Center NERFINISHED
notableFor helping guide the transition from NACA to NASA
leadership in wind-tunnel and flight-test programs
pioneering research on compressible airflow
shaping early U.S. space program policy
notableWork contributions to boundary-layer theory
contributions to high-speed aerodynamics
development of supersonic and transonic flight research programs
leadership in U.S. aerospace research policy
occupation aeronautical engineer
aerospace engineer
civil servant
scientist
positionHeld Deputy Administrator of NASA NERFINISHED
Director of Aeronautical Research at NACA
Director of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
NASA Deputy Administrator NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male

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Langley Medal notableRecipient Hugh L. Dryden