Background
Sayre, Daniel Clemens was born on February 1, 1903 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Joel Grover and Nora (Clemens) Sayre.
Sayre, Daniel Clemens was born on February 1, 1903 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Joel Grover and Nora (Clemens) Sayre.
Graduate Columbus Academy, 1919. Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute Technology.
Organizer, director Boston Airport Corporation, 1925-1928. Instructor, later assistant professor aeronautical engineering Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1928-1932. Assistant, later associate editor Aviation Magazine, 1933-1939.
Aviation editor Newsweek magazine, 1934-1939.
Director statistics and information, later chief safety regulations United States Civil Aeronautics Authority, 1939-1941. Organizer, department chairman aeronautical engineering Princeton, 1941-1951, appointed director James Forrestal Research Center, 1951.
Associate clean engineering, since 1955.
Fellow Institute Aeronautical Sciences. Member American Rocket Society.
Married Ann Hamilton, September 10, 1925.