Dr. Derald Archie Stuart

1925 - 2010  (84 years)

• Name	Derald Archie Stuart  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  	Received Ph.D., M.S. and B.S. degrees in physics from the University of Utah.
  Title	Dr.
  Born	09 Nov 1925	Bingham Canyon, Utah   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 May 2010	Scottsdale, Maricopa, Arizona   [2]
  	Dr. Derald A. Stuart, Resident of Arizona Passed away at his home in Arizona in May. He would have been 85 today. Dr. Stuart was a vice president and general manager, Missile Systems Division, at Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, from 1970 till his retirement in 1987. He made major engineering and management contributions to the successful development and operation of the U.S. Navy's Fleet Ballistic Missile System. Dr. Stuart was born in Bingham Canyon, Utah, in 1925. He served in the Navy during World War II and received Ph.D., M.S. and B.S. degrees in physics from the University of Utah. While he was in graduate school he met and married his lifelong partner, Isabel. He was an associate professor at Cornell University, where he taught mechanics, engineering materials and mathematics and conducted research in materials, dynamic behavior of structures, elastic and plastic wave propagation and theory of the glassy state. In 1958 Dr. Stuart joined Lockheed Missiles & Space Company in Sunnyvale, Calif. as manager of the missile systems propulsion staff, with responsibility for developing the solid rocket propellant propulsion system for the Navy's Polaris fleet ballistic missile. Awards he received included: the John J. Montgomery Award from the National Society of Aerospace Professionals; the U.S. Navy Meritorious Public Service Award; the Navy Certificate Commendation, Steering Task Missile Group; and the S.B. Meyer, Jr., Award from the American Ceramic Society. He is listed in American Men of Science. Dr. Stuart spent his retirement years in Arizona with his beloved Isabel. He pursued many hobbies, including painting and woodworking, and continued to study mathematics, philosophy, astronomy and other sciences until he died. He is survived by his wife, his two children, and his two grandchildren, all of whom love and miss him. Those who wish to may honor Dr. Stuart by contributing to causes he supported, such as groups that help disabled veterans and foundations that forward education in the sciences. ____________________________________________________________
  Person ID	I6440	Grow
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2012

  
  

  Father	Muryel Archie Stuart,   b. 11 May 1891, Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah ,   d. 17 Aug 1971, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Ida Marie Grow,   b. 12 May 1902, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah ,   d. 06 Feb 1984, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah  (Age 81 years)
  Married	01 Jan 1922
  Family ID	F1921	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabel
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2012
  Family ID	F2512	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 09 Nov 1925 - Bingham Canyon, Utah Died - 26 May 2010 - Scottsdale, Maricopa, Arizona  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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