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Collins, Merwin Duncan

Person · USA

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Collins Duncan
Collins Duncan
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American engineer, son of a Pasadena street railway conductor, became head of Structural Design for the Atlas missile, who translated Charlie Bossart's weight-saving ideas and aims into practical and producible hardware designs.

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USA
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Chronology

2 events

1902 July 22

  • Birth of Merwin Duncan Collins - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Collins, Duncan. American engineer, son of a Pasadena street railway conductor, became head of Structural Design for the Atlas missile, who translated Charlie Bossart's weight-saving ideas and aims into practical and producible hardware designs..

1987 October 22

  • Death of Merwin Duncan Collins - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Collins, Duncan. American engineer, son of a Pasadena street railway conductor, became head of Structural Design for the Atlas missile, who translated Charlie Bossart's weight-saving ideas and aims into practical and producible hardware designs..