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Doc StarkesCharles Stark Draper Charles Stark Draper American engineer Charles Stark "Doc" Draper (October 2, 1901 – July 25, 1987) was an American scientist and engineer, known as the "father of inertial navigation".[2] He was the founder and director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Instrumentation Laboratory, which was later spun out of MIT to become the non-profit Charles Stark Draper Laboratory. Quick facts Born, Died ... Charles Stark Draper[1] Born (1901-10-02)October 2, 1901 Windsor, Missouri, U.S. Died July 25, 1987(1987-07-25) (aged 85) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. Alma mater MIT (B.S., 1926; M.S., 1936; Sc.D., 1938) Stanford University (B.A., Psychology, 1922) Awards Magellanic Premium (1959) National Medal of Science (1964) Daniel Guggenheim Medal (1966) Rufus Oldenburger Medal (1971) Allan D. Emil Memorial… (Source: Wikipedia)
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