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Kamm, Robert W

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Kamm Credit: NASA

Born: 1917-07-10. Died: 2001-06-13.

Robert W. Kamm graduated from New York University in 1939 with a bachelors degree in aeronautical engineering and joined the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, where he investigated spin characteristics of various military aircraft in wind tunnels. In 1946 he left the NACA to become senior aerodynamicist with the Glenn L. Martin Company. In 1950 he went to work for the Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center, where he became chief of the plans and policy office in 1957. In 1959 he accepted an appointment as director of NASA's western operations office in Santa Monica, responsible for contract negotiations and administration, public information, technical representation, financial management, security, legal and patent administration. In 1968 he retired from that position and NASA to become assistant to the director of the Space Institute at the University of Tennessee, Tullahoma.

• Birth of Robert W Kamm - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kamm. American aerodynamicist, at NASA 1939-1946, 1959-1968. Served in NASA California management positions..

• Death of Robert W Kamm - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kamm. American aerodynamicist, at NASA 1939-1946, 1959-1968. Served in NASA California management positions..