Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History

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The Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History, also known as the Lindbergh Chair, is a one-year senior fellowship hosted by the U.S. National Air and Space Museum (NASM), to assist a scholar in the research and composition of a book about aerospace history. Named for the famous aviator Charles Lindbergh, the position is competitive: one experienced scholar is selected each year from multiple applicants worldwide. Up to $100,000 is granted to the winner. [1]

The Lindbergh Chair is one of four research fellowships administered by NASM within the Smithsonian Institution: the others are the Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Fellowship, the A. Verville Fellowship, and the Postdoctoral Earth and Planetary Sciences Fellowship. [2] Announced in 1977 at the 50th anniversary of Lindbergh's famous solo flight, [3] 1978 was the first year that the Lindbergh Chair was occupied—British aviation historian Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith was selected as the first recipient. [4]

Each Lindbergh Chair application is judged relative to the suitability of its proposal, the scholarly record of the applicant, the availability of relevant museum staff advisors knowledgeable on the proposed topic, whether the NASM can provide the specific resources, [2] and the applicability of the proposal to NASM's work-in-progress series. [5] The winner is expected to reside in the Washington, D.C., area for nine months to a year, the academic year generally starting in September and ending by the following August. He or she is also expected to take part in discussions with museum staff and to attend professional seminars and colloquia. [5] Along with access to primary research materials, the winner is given the use of an office, a phone and a computer. [5]

Past winners

YearAwardeeTopicPublished result
1978
 Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith [4] Wright brothers
1979
 Benjamin S. Kelsey [6] U.S. aviation in World War IIThe Dragon's Teeth?: The Creation of United States Air Power for World War II. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1982
1980
1981
 R. E. G. "Ron" Davies [7] AirlinesAirlines of the USA since 1914
1982
1983
1984
 Hans von Ohain [8]
1985
1986
 John D. Anderson [9] History of aerodynamics
1987
1988
 John W. Fozard [10] History of the lift jet
1989
1990
1991
1992
 Roger E. Bilstein [11]
1993
 W. David Lewis [12]
1994
1995
1996
 William M. Leary [13]
1997
 Williamson Murray [14]
1998
 Howard E. McCurdy [15] American space programSpace and the American Imagination, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998
1999
 William F. Trimble [12] US Navy aviation of the 1950s
2000
 Bettyann Holtzmann Kevles [16] Women in spaceAlmost Heaven: The Story of Women in Space New York: Basic Books, 2003 (Second edition: MIT Press, 2006)
2001
 Roger Launius [17] Jet engines
2002
 Fred R. Erisman [18] Aviation technology in American boys' series books, 1905 - 1950a) Boys' Books, Boys' Dreams, and the Mystique of Flight. Fort Worth: TCU Press, 2006. b) From Birdwomen to Skygirls: American Girls' Aviation Stories. Fort Worth: TCU Press, 2009.
2003
 Philip Scranton [19]
2004
 John Krige [20] Space policy American hegemony and the postwar reconstruction of science in Europe. MIT Press, 2006
2005
 James Rodger Fleming [21]
2006
 Robert W. Smith [22]
2007
 Robert W. Farquhar [23] Space exploration
2008
 John M. Logsdon [24] Space policy and history
2009
2010
 Roy MacLeod [25]
2011
 Hugh R. Slotten [26]
2012
 Steven J. Dick
2013
 Asif Siddiqi
2015
 W. Patrick McCray [27] Collaboration of artists, engineers, & scientists through Apollo era
2017
 Kathryn D. Sullivan [28] The development of satellite servicing -- design features, tools, procedures, training, tests, and evaluation.Handprints on Hubble: An Astronaut's Story of Invention. MIT Press, 2019
2019
 Alexander C.T. Geppert [29] Planetizing Earth: Outer Space and the Making of a Global Age, 1972–1990
2021Mick Broderick [30] Cultural and media representation of U.S. ballistic missiles 1957-1966
2022
 Hugh R. Slotten

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