Background
Mar, James Wah was born on March 10, 1920 in Oakland, California, United States.
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James Wah Mar
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Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1941. S.M. Entertainment, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1947. Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1949.
Career
Head structural test section Curtiss-Wright Corporation, 1941-1944. Engineer structural research group Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1949-1950, member faculty, since 1950, professor aerospace and astronautics, since 1964, head department, 1981-1983. Member panel thermal protection systems Materials Advisory Board, National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council, 1957-1969, member committee thermal protection aerospace vehicles, 1963-1965.
Consultant committee space vehicle structures National Aeronautics and Space Administration, since 1963. Member advisory board materials committee on structural design with fibrous composites National Academy Science-National Research Council-National Academy Engineering, since 1967. Chief scientist United States Air Force, 1971-1972, member science advisory board vehicles panel.
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Married, 1942; 4 children.
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American
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1941
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1947
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1949
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1941 - 1944
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1949 - 1950
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1957 - 1969
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1963
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1967