Background
Flax, Alexander Henry was born on January 18, 1921 in Brooklyn. Son of David and Etta (Schenker) Flax.
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Alexander Henry Flax
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Alexander Henry Flax, American aeronautical engineer, federal science agency administrator. Honorary fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Lawrence Sperry award 1949, Wright Brothers lecturer 1959), Royal Aeronautical Society (Wright Brothers Memorial Lecturer 1974); member National Academy Engineering (home secretary 1984-1992), Sigma Xi.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, New York University, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, University Buffalo, 1958.
Career
Structure, vibration engineer airplane division, Curtiss-Wright Corporation, 1940-1944;
chief aerodynamics and structures, Piasecki Helicopter Corporation, 1944-1946;
assistant head aeromechanics department, Cornell Aero. Laboratory, 1946-1949;
head aerodynamics department, Cornell Aero. Laboratory, 1949-1955;
assistant director, Cornell Aero.
Laboratory, 1955-1956;
vice president, technical director, Cornell Aero. Laboratory, 1956-1959, 61-63;
chief scientist, United States Air Force, 1959-1961;
assistant secretary, Air Force for research and development, 1963-1969;
vice president for research, Institute Defense Analyses, Arlington, Virginia, 1969;
president, Institute Defense Analyses, Arlington, Virginia, 1969-1983. Member committee aerodynamics National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1952-1954, subcommittee highspeed aerodynamics,1954-1958.
Advising committee aircraft aerodynamics National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1958-1962. Member science committee national representatives Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe Technology Center, The Hague, Netherlands, 1963-1969, chairman 1965-1967. United States delegate advising committee aero research and development North Atlantic Treaty Organization, since 1969;member board direction Von Karman Institute, Brussels, since 1969.
Member of advisory council Stanford University School Engineering, 1981-1991.
Achievements
Membership
Honorary fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Lawrence Sperry award 1949, Wright Brothers lecturer 1959), Royal Aeronautical Society (Wright Brothers Memorial Lecturer 1974). Member National Academy Engineering (home secretary 1984-1992), Sigma Xi. Clubs: Cosmos (Washington).
Connections
Son of David and Etta (Schenker) F., m. Ida Leane Warren, August 25, 1951. 1 child, Laurel Elizabeth.
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Born
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Nationality
American
Education
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1940
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1958
Career
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1944 - 1946
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1959 - 1961
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1963 - 1969
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1969
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Awards
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Recipient Air Force Exceptional Civilian Service awards, 1961, 69, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Distinguished Service medal, 1968, Civilian Service medal Defense Intelligence Agency, 1974, Von Karman medal North Atlantic Treaty Organization Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development, 1978, medal for distinguished public service department defense, since 1983, Clifford C. Furnas award State University of New York, Buffalo, 1986, Elder Statesman Aviation award National Aeronautic Association, 1992.Recipient Air Force Exceptional Civilian Service awards, 1961, 69, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Distinguished Service medal, 1968, Civilian Service medal Defense Intelligence Agency, 1974, Von Karman medal North Atlantic Treaty Organization Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development, 1978, medal for distinguished public service department defense, since 1983, Clifford C. Furnas award State University of New York, Buffalo, 1986, Elder Statesman Aviation award National Aeronautic Association, 1992.