Re: Heinlein Naval Academy professorial chair?

From: Damien Broderick (damienb@unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Wed Sep 03 2003 - 20:28:48 MDT

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    At 03:35 PM 9/3/03 +0200, BillK wrote:

    >>> the US Naval Academy, from which Heinlein graduated in 1929, wants
    >>> applications for the brand-new Robert A. Heinlein Chair of Aerospace
    >>> Engineering, which is to be filled by August 2001>

    >Of course Google knows all about it! :)
    >You just have to ask nicely.
    >
    >Try looking for - Heinlein Chair -
    >
    >http://www.sfwa.org/News/heinchair.htm

    Erm, yes, which is where we came in. I don't want to know that they hope to
    fill the chair before the end of 2001.

    Oh, wait, let's see, here we go:

    http://usna.com/Foundation/Campaign/Update/2002/01/01.htm

    < An anonymous gift of $2.6 million to establish the Robert A. Heinlein
    Chair in
                  Aerospace Engineering at the Naval Academy. The chair is
    named in honor of
                  Robert A. Heinlein ’29, a renowned author of science fiction.
    This gift establishes an
                  endowment at the Naval Academy that will fund a chair for a
    recognized member of
                  the academic or industrial community with an earned doctorate
    or equivalent
                  experience in an aerospace-related field, and a strong
    interest in undergraduate
                  education. Vincent L. Pisacane, Ph.D., formerly of the Johns
    Hopkins University
                  Applied Physics Lab, has been appointed to fill the chair. >

    Anonymous my foot; it was endowed by his widow Virginia.

    Damien Broderick

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