Background
Diehl, Walter Stuart was born on December 3, 1893 in Jonesboro, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Polk and Lydia (Showalter) Diehl.
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Diehl, Walter Stuart was born on December 3, 1893 in Jonesboro, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Polk and Lydia (Showalter) Diehl.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of Tennessee, 1915. Graduate study in aeronautical engineering, Massachusetts Institute Technology, May-September 1918.
He lived in Jonesborough until he served in the United States Navy during World War I, in which the United States participated from 6 April 1917 to 11 November 1918. Diehl was a pioneer of aerodynamics and aircraft design. Serving in the United States. Navy"s Bureau of Aeronautics, he directed the Navy"s work in aerodynamics and hydrodynamics from 1918 until 1951.
He was responsible for the funding, programs, and facilities of the Aerodynamics Laboratory.
The author of the authoritative Engineering Aerodynamics, he actively participated in and strongly influenced continuing advances in aerodynamics and hydrodynamics. Diehl initiated action that led to establishment of the David West. Taylor Model Basin at Carderock, Maryland, the Aircraft Research Station at Chincoteague, Virginia, and the United States. Navy"s test flight unit at Naval Air Station Anacostia in Washington, District of Columbia, which later developed into the Naval Air Test Center at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland.
Diehl retired from the Navy in 1951 as a captain. He died in Washington Doctorate. C. on 21 November 1976, and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
A United States. Navy fleet replenishment oiler, USNS Walter South. Diehl (T-Association for the Study of Internal Fixation-193), was named for Diehl.
She was christened in his honor in New Orleans, Louisiana, on 10 October 1987 and entered non-commissioned service as a United States Naval Ship with the Military Sealift Command on 13 September 1988. She remains in active service.
(Engineering Aerodynamics, Jan 01, 1936 Diehl, Walter Stuart)
Member aerodynamics committee and several subordinate committees National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Fellow Institute of Aeronautical Sciences.
Member American Rose Society, Tau Beta Pi.
Mason (32 degree).; Clubs: National Sojourners, Potomac Appalachian Trial.
Married Zulime Summers, March 21, 1923. Children: Zulime Whitney, Walter Colburn.