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22: 119: 189:(JPL) in the names of their projects. Malina hired Dunn to be the assistant director of JPL in 1945. Dunn took over as acting director when Malina left and was formally appointed as director in 1947. Dunn resigned from this position in 1954. 301: 316: 311: 306: 122:
Dr. Dunn is shown doing last minute adjustments on a Corporal missile at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, shortly before it is launched.
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at Caltech (GALCIT), a prestigious aeronautical engineering research facility, was led by
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who played a key role in the development of early American
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Dunn received both undergraduate and graduate degrees in
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South African
engineer
missiles
launch vehicles
aeronautical engineering
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory
Theodore von Kármán
Frank Malina
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
William Hayward Pickering
Corporal missile
Atlas missile
Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation
TRW
Aerojet General
"Von Karman, Malina laid the groundwork for the future JPL"

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