Background
III, Frederick Clark Durant, was born on December 31, 1916 in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Frederick Clark, Junior and Cornelia Allen (Howel) D.
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"...your conception of outer space has probably been influenced by...Bonestell's surrealist paintings of other-planetary scenes, which caused a sensation when Life first published...them...His vivid imaginings...were used as the visual basis for several...science fiction movies....More than 300...works appear...Rediscover this influential artist, whose success has been credited with stoking public support for the U.S. space program..."--Booklist. "...will appeal to any lover of fine art."--Fantasy & Science Fiction.
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aerospace history and space art consultant
III, Frederick Clark Durant, was born on December 31, 1916 in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Frederick Clark, Junior and Cornelia Allen (Howel) D.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University, 1939; postgraduate, Philadelphia Museum School Industrial Arts, 1946-1947.
Engineer, E.I. duPont de Nemours & Company, Inc., 1939-1941;
rocket engineer, Bell Aircraft Corporation, 1947-1948;
director engineering, Naval Air Rocket Test Station, 1948-1951;
consultant, Washington, 1952-1953;
member senior staff, Arthur D. Little, Inc., 1954-1957;
director, Maynard Ordnance Test Station, 1954-1955;
executive assistant to director, Avco-Everett Research Laboratory, 1957-1959;
director public and government relations, research and advanced development division, Avco Corporation, Wilmington, Massachusetts, 1959-1961;
senior representative, Bell Aerosys., Washington, 1961-1964;
assistant director and head astronautics department, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1964-1980;
consultant, since 1980;
director, National Space Society, Washington, 1982-1988;
conservator, Bonestell Space Art and Space Art International
director, Arthur C. Clarke Foundation United States Inc. Consultant space music Nippon Steel Corporation, Japan, since 1989. Participant annual congresses International Astronomical Federation, since 1951, president, 1953-1956.
Member organizing committee Project Orbiter, 1954. Consultant Astro Associations, Space Art International.
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Commander as naval aviator United States Naval Reserve, 1941-1946,48-52. Fellow American Astronautical Society, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Rocket Society (president 1953). Member International Academy Astronautics (co-chairman history committee 1981-1989), National Space Club (governor 1961), National Space Club (Distinguished Service award 1982), honorary fellow or member numerous foreign rocket and space flight societies, Cosmos Club.
Married Carolyn Griscom Jones, October 4, 1947 (deceased). Children: Derek C. (deceased), Carolyn M., William C. (deceased), Stephen H.