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Archival as AuthorPublished as SubjectRobert T. Jones
Dates
May 28, 1910 – August 11, 1999
Authorized Form of Name
Jones, Robert T. (Robert Thomas), 1910-1999
Additional Forms of Names
Jones, R. T. (Robert Thomas), 1910-1999
Jones, Robert Thomas, 1910-
Biography
Abstract
Robert T. Jones was Research Associate for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1970-1996). Other institutional affiliations included National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. His research interests included aircraft and aerodynamic science.
Important Dates
May 28, 1910Birth, Macon (Mo.).
1934 – 1946Aeronautical Research Scientist, Langley Field, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Hampton (Va.).
1946 – 1958Research Scientist, Ames Research Center, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Moffett Field (Calif.).
1958 – 1962Research Scientist, Ames Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Moffett Field (Calif.).
1962 – 1970Senior Staff Scientist, Avco-Everett Research Laboratory, Everett (Mass.).
1970 – 1996Senior Staff Scientist (1970-1981) and Research Associate (1981-1996), Ames Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Moffett Field (Calif.).
1986Awarded Fluid Dynamics Prize, American Physical Society.
1986 – 1996Staff Member, Stanford University.
August 11, 1999Death, Los Altos Hills (Calif.).
Occupation
Aerospace engineer.
Places
Birth
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Jones, Doris
Wife.
Jones, Edward S.
Father.
Jones, Patty
Daughter.
Colleagues
Beggs, James Montgomery
Both employed at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Dryden, Hugh L. (Hugh Latimer), 1898-1965
Both employed at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Fletcher, James Chipman, 1919-1991
Both employed at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Frosch, Robert A. (Robert Alan), 1928-
Both employed at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Both employed at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Glennan, Thomas Keith, 1905-1995
Both employed at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Both employed at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Paine, Thomas O., 1921-1992
Both employed at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Both employed at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Webb, James E. (James Edwin)
Both employed at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Institutions
Major Positions
Ames Research Center
Research Scientist; Senior Staff Scientist; and Research Associate.
Avco-Everett Research Laboratory
Senior Staff Scientist.
Stanford University. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Staff Member.
United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
Aeronautical Research Scientist and Research Scientist.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Research Scientist; Senior Staff Scientist; and Research Associate, Ames Research Center.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 1986 Fluid Dynamics Prize.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Robert T. Jones papers, 1912-1996.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Published Resources
Subject
“Robert Thomas Jones: 1910-1999”, Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences