Richard Arthur Hirsch

Background

Hirsch, Richard Arthur was born on January 2, 1925 in New York City. Son of Melvin Mordecai and Gertrude Matilda (Schwarz) Hirsch.

Education

British Aerospace, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1945. Master of Science in Applied Mathematics, Brown University, Providence, 1950.

Career

Structural engineer, Republic Aviation Corporation, Farmingdale, New York, 1946-1947; development engineer, Swank, Inc., Attleboro, Massachusetts, 1947-1948; vibrations engineer, Boeing Vertol, Morton, Pennsylvania, 1950-1952; chief structures engineer, The American Association of Immunologists Corporation, Baltimore, 1952-1960; assistant technical director, Martin Marietta Corporation, Baltimore, 1960-1968; associate professor, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland., 1968-1982; progressive manager, The American Association of Immunologists Corporation, Baltimore, 1982-1993. Chair projects committee United Engineering Foundation, 1999.

Achievements

• Richard Arthur Hirsch has been listed as a noteworthy mechanical engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Navy, 1943-1946. Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (vice president 1984-1988, board governors 1990-1992). Member National Society of Professional Engineers, United Engineering Foundation (chair projects committee 1998-2001).

Connections

Married Carol Walter Sampson, June 18. Children: Andrew Sampson, Patricia Annual.

Father:

Melvin Mordecai Hirsch

Mother:

Gertrude Matilda (Schwarz) Hirsch

Spouse:

Carol Walter Sampson

child:

Andrew Sampson Hirsch

child:

Patricia Annual Hirsch