Simon Ramo
Simon Ramo · Technology & Engineering
Father of the US intercontinental ballistic missile; co-founded TRW; National Medal of Science (1979)
1913, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States — 2016, Santa Monica, California, United States
United States
TRW1953Simon Ramo is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Father of the US intercontinental ballistic missile; co-founded TRW; National Medal of Science (1979)
Simon Ramo was an American physicist and engineer often called the father of the U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile, having led systems engineering for the Atlas ICBM program; he co-founded the aerospace giant TRW and received the National Medal of Science in 1979. He also co-authored a standard graduate text on electromagnetics. Ramo was born into a Jewish family in Salt Lake City.
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Father of the US intercontinental ballistic missile; co-founded TRW; National Medal of Science (1979)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the US National Medal of Science
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