Harry David Fair

Background

Fair, Harry David was born on December 2, 1936 in Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Harry Dale and Ruth Roxanne (Crawford) Fair.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1958; Master of Science, U. Delaware, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Delaware, 1966.

Career

Research physicist, Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, New Jersey, 1960-1967; chief energy conversion section, Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, New Jersey, 1967-1970; chief solid state physics branch, Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, New Jersey, 1970-1973; chief solid state physics and chemistry branch, Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, New Jersey, 1973-1975; chief Energetic Materials Laboratory, Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, New Jersey, 1976-1976; chief Propulsion Technology Laboratory, Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, New Jersey, 1977-1981; director land warfare division, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Washington, 1981-1985; director Joint Program Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, United States Army, United States Marine Corps, Washington, 1985-1987; director Institute for Advanced Technology,, University Texas, Austin, since 1988. Visiting professor U. Paris, 1974, Royal Institution Great Britain, 1975.

Achievements

• Harry David Fair has been listed as a noteworthy Academic administrator, physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

First lieutenant United States Army, 1960-1962. Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, Sigma Xi, Sigma Pi Sigma.

Connections

Married Isabelle Cadwallader(divorced 1985). Children: David Eric, Martin Crawford, Courtney Tyler. Married Nancy Jo Shiro, December 19, 1986.

1 child, Katie Anne.

Father:

Harry Dale Fair

Mother:

Ruth Roxanne (Crawford) Fair

Spouse:

Nancy Jo Shiro

Spouse:

Isabelle Cadwallader

child:

Katie Anne Fair

child:

Courtney Tyler Fair

child:

Martin Crawford Fair

child:

David Eric Fair