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Dates
July 2, 1889 – December 2, 1965
Authorized Form of Name
Dryden, Hugh L. (Hugh Latimer), 1898-1965
Additional Forms of Names
Dryden, Hugh Latimer
Hugh L. Dryden was Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1958-1965). Other affiliations included the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and the National Bureau of Standards. His research interests included aircraft aerodynamics and supersonic flight.
July 2, 1889Birth, Pocomoke City (Md.).
1916Obtained AB, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (Md.).
1918Obtained AM, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (Md.).
1918 – 1947Laboratory Assistant (1918-1920); Chief, Aerodynamics Section (1920-1934); Chief, Mechanics and Sound Division (1934-1946); and Associate Director (1946-1947), National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg (Md.).
1919Obtained PhD in Physics, Johns Hopkins University.
1941 – 1945Chief, Bureau of Ordnance Experimental Unit, United States Navy.
1944Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1947 – 1958Director (1947-1949) and Aeronautics Research and Director (1949-1958), National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Washington (D.C.).
1951 – 1956Member, Science Advisory Committee, United States Office of Defense Mobilization.
1958 – 1965Deputy Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
1965Awarded National Medal of Science.
December 2, 1965Death, Washington (D.C.).
Aeronautical engineer.
Briggs, Lyman J. (Lyman James), 1874-1963
Conducted research together in aerodynamics at the National Bureau of Standards.
Bacher, Robert F. (Robert Fox), 1905-2004
Both worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.
Berkner, Lloyd V. (Lloyd Viel), 1905-1967
Both employed at the National Bureau of Standards.
Bethe, Hans A. (Hans Albrecht), 1906-2005
Both worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.
Both worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.
Brattain, Walter H. (Walter Houser), 1902-1987
Both employed at the National Bureau of Standards.
Brode, Robert B. (Robert Bigham), 1900-1986
Both employed at the National Bureau of Standards.
Bronk, Detlev W. (Detlev Wulf), 1897-1975
Both worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.
Buckley, Oliver Ellsworth, 1887-1959
Both worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.
Coblentz, William W. (William Weber), 1873-1962
Both employed at the National Bureau of Standards.
Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978
Both worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.
Condon, Edward Uhler, 1902-1974
Both employed at the National Bureau of Standards.
DuBridge, Lee A. (Lee Alvin), 1901-1994
Both worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.
DuMond, Jesse W. M. (Jesse William Monroe), 1892-1976
Both employed at the National Bureau of Standards.
Both employed at the National Bureau of Standards.
Fisk, James B. (James Brown), 1910-1981
Both worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.
Foote, Paul D. (Paul Darwin), 1888-1971
Both employed at the National Bureau of Standards.
Both employed at the National Bureau of Standards.
Glennan, Thomas Keith, 1905-1995
Both employed at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Haskins, Caryl P. (Caryl Parker), 1908-2001
Both worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.
Both employed at the National Bureau of Standards.
Jones, Robert T. (Robert Thomas), 1910-1999
Both employed at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Both employed at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Killian, James Rhyne, 1904-1988
Both worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.
Both employed at the National Bureau of Standards.
Land, Edwin Herbert, 1909-1991
Both worked United States Office of Defense Mobilization.
Both employed at the National Bureau of Standards.
Loeb, Robert F. (Robert Frederick), 1895-1973
Both worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.
Marburger, John H., III (John Harmen), 1941-2011
Both employed at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Both employed at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
McLean, William B. (William Burdette), 1914-1976
Both employed at the National Bureau of Standards.
Meggers, William F. (William Frederick), 1888-1966
Both employed at the National Bureau of Standards.
Neddermeyer, Seth H. (Seth Henry), 1907-1988
Both employed at the National Bureau of Standards.
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
Both worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.
Rabi, I. I. (Isidor Isaac), 1898-1988
Both worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.
Schubauer, Galen B. (Galen Brandt), 1904-
Both employed at the National Bureau of Standards.
Swann, W. F. G. (William Francis Gray), 1884-1962
Both employed at the National Bureau of Standards.
Thomas, Charles Allen
Both worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.
Waterman, Alan Tower, 1892-1967
Both worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.
Webb, James E. (James Edwin)
Both employed at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Wiesner, Jerome B. (Jerome Bert), 1915-1994
Both worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.
Zacharias, Jerrold Reinach, 1905-1986
Both worked at United States Office of Defense Mobilization.
Darrow, Karl K. (Karl Kelchner), 1891-
Kistiakowsky, George B. (George Bogdan), 1900-1982
Loomis, F. W. (Francis Wheeler), 1889-1976
Newell, Homer E. (Homer Edward), 1915-1983
United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
Director, Aeronautics Research and Director.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Deputy Administrator.
United States. National Bureau of Standards
Laboratory Assistant; Chief, Aerodynamics Section; Chief, Mechanics and Sound Division; and Associate Director.
United States. Navy
Chief, Bureau of Ordnance Experimental Unit.
United States. Science Advisory Committee
Member.
Johns Hopkins University. Department of Physics
Obtained AB, AM, and PhD in 1919 (Physics).
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
Hugh L. Dryden papers, 1908-1966.
Special Collections, Milton S. Eisenhower Library
Johns Hopkins University
3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
The Hugh L. Dryden papers, 1898-1965 : a preliminary catalogue of the basic collection / compiled and edited by Richard K. Smith.
Special Collections, Milton S. Eisenhower Library
Johns Hopkins University
3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
F. W. Loomis papers, 1920-1976.
University Archives
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1408 West Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Gregor Wentzel autobiographical letter to Hugh Dryden, 1959.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Harry Wexler papers, 1929-1962.
Manuscript Division
Library of Congress
James Madison Memorial Building, First Street and Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20540, USA
Karl Darrow correspondence relating to history of physics, 1943-1968.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
National Institute of Standards and Technology records, 1930-1978.
Office of the National Archives
National Archives and Records Administration
8th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20408, USA
Oral history interview with Homer Edward Newell, 1980 July 17 and October 20.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Hydrodynamics [by] Hugh L. Dryden, Francis D. Murnaghan [and] H. Bateman.
"Hugh Latimer Dryden: 1898-1965", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences