Professor Widen Tabakoff founder of the College of Engineering and Applied Science aerospace engineering graduate and GE cooperative....
Widen Tabakoff joined UC as a rocket consultant to the U.S. Over his half century at UC, he served as thesis adviser to more than UC students and is.
10 Aerospace Grads Who Took Flight
Ray Bisplinghoff, Eng ’40, MS (Eng) ’42, HonDoc ’63, led advances in research and technology for NASA and was intimately involved in planning Apollo missions 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12.
He later served as engineering dean at MIT and deputy director of the National Science Foundation. He was also elected to both the National Academy of Sciences and the Royal Aeronautical Society.
Rodney Boudreaux, Eng ’60, PhD (Eng) ’65, became vice president at RocketDyne, a chief supplier of NASA’s rocket engines, particularly the Saturn family that powered the Apollo moon program.
Jim Thomas, Eng ’61, enjoyed a 26-year career as an Air Force test pilot who flew more than 40 different kinds of planes, including the F-15, U2 and F-117A Stealth Fighter.
Retired as a colonel in 1987.
Larry Lantzer, Eng ’61, a decorated Navy test pilot who became air department head on the U.S.S. Constellation and squadron commanding officer at Pearl Harbor.
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