Maurice Nelles | |
|---|---|
 Nelles (right, standing) with diver Otis Barton in 1949. | |
| Born | October 19, 1906 |
| Died | August 30, 1996 (aged 89) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of South Dakota Harvard University |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Lockheed Corporation University of Southern California ContentsUniversity of Virginia |
Maurice Nelles (October 19, 1906 - August 30, 1998) [1] was an engineer, business executive and professor. [2]
Nelles was born in Madison, South Dakota. Nelles earned a bachelor's degree in 1927 and a master's degree in 1928, both from the University of South Dakota and earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1934. [2] [3] While at Harvard, he held the Charles A. Coffin Fellowship and the George H. Emerson and Harvard scholarships. [3]
During World War II, Nelles worked at Lockheed Corporation and the War Production Board. [2] While at Lockheed, Nelles and his coworkers Morlan A. Visel and Ernest L. Black proposed a "Pacific Research Foundation" which eventually became SRI International. [4]
After Lockheed, Nelles became a professor of aeronautical engineering at the University of Southern California, where he designed the laboratory ship Velero IV. [2] In 1949 he oversaw Otis Barton's record-breaking 4500 ft deep sea dive off of Santa Cruz Island in a benthoscope that Nelles had designed. [2] [5] He would also teach at Pennsylvania State University and the University of Virginia. [2]
He served as the director of research for Borg Warner, Technicolor, Crane, and Westinghouse. [2] He was later a consultant to the National Academy of Sciences. [6]
Nelles died August 30, 1998, in La Jolla, California. [2]
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