Passman, Richard

LC control no.	n 2013059758
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Passman, Richard *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Other standard no.	305277963 Q90855527
Located	Bethesda (Md.)
Birth date	1925-06-30
Death date	2020-04-01
Place of birth	Cedarhurst (N.Y.)
Place of death	Silver Spring (Md.)
Field of activity	Aerospace engineering
Affiliation	General Electric Company Bell Aircraft Corporation United States. Department of Energy Grumman Corporation
Profession or occupation	Aerospace engineers
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Found in	X-15, 2014: ECIP t.p. (Richard Passman) Philadelphia inquirer WWW site, viewed April 17, 2020 (in obituary dated April 17, 2020: Richard Passman; Mr. Passman, 94, died Wednesday, April 1, in Silver Spring, Md. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Mr. Passman, known as "Dick," joined General Electric Co. in 1957 as an engineer and senior manager, first in West Philadelphia and later at the Missile and Space Division in Valley Forge. Prior to that, he was chief aerodynamicist at Bell Aircraft, working on the X-1 craft that broke the sound barrier in 1947 and the X-2, which broke speed and altitude records at the time. He later moved to Bethesda, Md., where he worked for the Department of Energy and for Grumman, an aerospace and defense company. After he retired, he enjoyed volunteering at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington. He co-wrote a book on the X-15 airplane) New York times, 18 April 2020 (Richard A. Passman; born June 30, 1925 in Cedarhurst, N.Y., died April1, in Silver Spring, Md., aged 94; an aeronautical engineer whose wide-ranging career took him through the early stages of supersonic flight, spy satellites and intercontinental ballistic missiles; according to his son, William, Passman's middle initial did not stand for anything)
Associated language	eng