Hugh Latimer Dryden was an American aeronautical scientist and civil servant.
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18 Facts About Hugh Dryden
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Hugh Dryden graduated from Baltimore City College, a high school, at the age of 14, and was the youngest student ever to graduate from that school.
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Hugh Dryden was awarded the Peabody Prize for excellence in mathematics.
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In 1918, Hugh Dryden joined the National Bureau of Standards, becoming an inspector of gauges.
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Hugh Dryden's thesis was on the "Air Forces on Circular Cylinders".
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In 1920 Hugh Dryden was appointed the director of the Aerodynamics Division of the National Bureau of Standards, a newly created section.
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Hugh Dryden performed pioneering aerodynamics research on the problems of airflow, turbulence, and especially the boundary layer phenomenon.
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Hugh Dryden's work contributed to the design of the wings for the P-51 Mustang, as well as other aircraft designed during World War II.
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Hugh Dryden led the development of the "Bat", a radar-homing guided bomb program that was successfully employed in combat in April, 1945 to sink a Japanese destroyer.
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Hugh Dryden held the position of Director of NACA, NASA's predecessor, from 1947 until October 1958.
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Hugh Dryden was patient, a good teacher, and effective when collaborating with others.
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Hugh Dryden was a devout Methodist, who, as a result, had a dislike of self-promotion.
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Hugh Dryden served as a lay minister for his entire adult life.
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Hugh Dryden was married to Mary Libbie Travers, and the couple had four children.
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Tom Wolfe, writing in 2009 at the 40th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11, credited Dryden with having been the individual who spoke up, with President John F Kennedy in April, 1961, and suggested that manned flight to the Moon was the way to "catch up" with the Soviets in the space race.
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Hugh Dryden is a founding member of the National Academy of Engineering.
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Hugh Dryden was portrayed by George Bartenieff in the 1998 TV miniseries From the Earth to the Moon.
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