Leroy Grumman

American aerospace engineer (1895-1982) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 87

Leroy Randle "Roy" Grumman was an American aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and industrialist. In 1929, he co-founded Grumman Aircraft Engineering Co., later renamed Grumman Aerospace Corporation, and now part of Northrop Grumman.

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2003National Inventors Hall of FameAward1982Died4 October 19821972National Aviation Hall of FameAward1968J. C. Hunsaker Award in Aeronautical EngineeringAward1948Daniel Guggenheim MedalAward1895Born4 January 1895

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