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ADVISORY BOARD ON AERONAUTICS

of the University's program of education and research in aeronautics, and to make the most effective use of the airport and other facilities to be provided for this program, University officials felt the need of advice from men of long experience in air transportation industries, including aircraft manufacturers, operators of transportation lines, and research agencies. The Board of Trustees on March 14, 1944, authorized the appointment of an "Advisory Board on Aeronautics" to assist in the organization and development of this program. Dr. Baldwin M. Woods, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, was appointed Consultant on Aeronautics and Chairman of the Advisory Board on Aeronautics. The complete personnel of the Advisory Board is as follows:

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BALDWIN

M. WOODS, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Chairman

W. J. BLANCHARD, General Manager, Aeroproducts Division, General Motors Corporation, Municipal Airport, Dayton, Ohio

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F. BONNALIE, United Air Lines Transport Corporation, Chicago (From 1940-1945 Mr. Bonnalie served as a Commander in the United States Navy, Bureau of Aeronautics)

L. R. INWOOD, Executive Assistant, Transcontinental and Western Air, Incorporated, Kansas City, Missouri J. E. SCHAEFER, Vice President, Boeing Airplane Company, Wichita Division, Wichita, Kansas %'jr Colonel A. D. TUTTLE, Medical Director, United Air Lines Transport Corporation, Chicago

BRUCE UTHUS,

Director, Aviation Education Service, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Washington

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