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WRITINGS OF MARVIN FRENCH
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I am a retired aerospace engineer and long-time duplicate bridge enthusiast. Born in Waukegan, IL (1927), grade school in Chicago, high school in Lake Forest, IL, college at Brown University and San Diego State University. Resident of San Diego, CA since 1947. World War II US Navy veteran, member of the International Society for Philosophical Enquiry (www.thethousand.com) and The Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims for the Paranormal (www.csicop.org).
Mass Properties (Weight & Balance) engineer for F-102 & F-106 interceptors, Convair 880 and 990 jetliners, Atlas Advanced Ballistic Reentry System, Reusable Space Launch Vehicle studies, Space Transportation System studies, and the Space Shuttle mid-fuselage section (manufactured at the Convair Division).
Generated a series of weight/size/performance/payload synthesis computer programs for design of Advanced Cruise and Launch Vehicles, Reusable Orbital Transport Second Stage, Reusable Near-Term Launch Vehicles, Convair VL-3A Variable Geometry Spacecraft, S-5 Multipurpose Reusable Spacecraft, and Integral Launch and Re-Entry Vehicle. The programs provided answers for tradeoff studies evaluating the effects of multiple design variations in order to reach an optimum compromise among conflicting operational factors.
