1. Louis N Ridenour was a physicist instrumental in the US development of radar, Vice President of Lockheed, and an advisor to President Dwight D Eisenhower.
10 Facts About Louis Ridenour
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Louis Ridenour was co-leader with Ivan A Getting of the group that developed the SCR-584 radar.
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Louis Ridenour directed a committee in 1949 that recommended the establishment of a separate Research and Development Command and a new Air Staff Deputy Chief of Staff for Research and Development.
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In 1950, Louis Ridenour was named the first Chief Scientist of the US Air Force.
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Louis Ridenour served on the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Ballistic Research Laboratories at Aberdeen Proving Ground.
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In 1946, Louis Ridenour returned to the University of Pennsylvania for one year and then in 1947, he became dean of the Graduate College of the University of Illinois.
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Louis Ridenour was chairman of the National Security Agency Scientific Advisory Board Panel on Electronics and Data Processing from its inception on January 27,1959, until his death in May.
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Louis Ridenour was married to Gretchen Kraemer; they had two daughters, Nancy Page Buchanan and Eleanor Fay.
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Louis Ridenour died of a brain hemorrhage on May 21,1959, at age 47.
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Louis Ridenour led the development of airborne microwave radar nicknamed "Micky", which allowed bombing through clouds.