VOL 22 NO 2 THE CHINA LAKER Business Name Special points of interest:  Who was: Dr. William A. Fowler  President Lyndon B. Johnson  Public Relations Corner Who Was... 1 President’s Message 1 Public Relations Corner 3 Presidential Timeline 4 Board of Directors 8 Future Museum Facility 9 Donation Application 12 Inside this issue: Lost now to newcomers at NAWCWD China Lake, is four-block long Fowler Street running through the sage brush in what used to be a busy housing area until the houses were all torn down when the Navy demolished most of its civilian on-base housing. Named after CalTech/ NOTS China Lake pioneer Dr. William “Willie” A. Fowler, it ran from Richmond Road west and terminat- ed at Groves Street. Who was Fowler? Early Years. Fowler was born in 1911 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and was raised from the age of two in Lima, Ohio when his father, an accountant, transferred there from Pittsburgh. President of the Senior Class, Fowler graduated from high school in 1929. He entered Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio majoring in ceramic engineering and, as a sophomore, WHO WAS: Dr. William A. Fowler by Jack Latimer Spring 2016 President’s Message Everything is moving along well, and Board Members are working hard with their respective committees. We always need more help, so if you would like to volunteer, just give me a call and we will see what task/committee would fit your needs the best. Committees consist of Daily Operations/Gift Shop (Pat Doucette), Public Relations/Advertising (Dr. Tony Damiano), History and Docent Training (Jack Latimer), Artifacts/Exhibits (Dr. Bob Smith with Historian Paul Homer), Education (Dr. Bob Smith), Museum Building/Construction (Wayne Doucette), Fundraising Events (Pat Connell, with this year’s Dinner Auction led by Paul Homer), Corporate Fundraising (Bob Campbell and John Freeman), Finance (Chris Toftner), and Planning (Alice Campbell with help from Bob Campbell). Laura Hickle heads Grant Writing and although doesn’t have a committee yet, will be ramping up this June, and is an excellent (con’t page 8) changed to engineering physics when he became fascinated with physics. On graduation from Ohio State he entered the California Institute of Technology (CalTech) graduate program studying physics under Dr. Charles Lauritsen. He studied nuclear physics under the prewar influence of Lauritsen, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Richard Tolman and other outstanding physicists of the day. He earned his PhD and taught and applied his knowledge at CalTech. Rocket Developer. As World War II intervened, Fowler became involved in the Navy’s program to develop rock- ets, and became second-in-command to Dr. Lauritsen, who ran that project. Early on, Fowler helped develop, pro- duce and test the first rockets ever fired from an aircraft. These were retrorockets fired backwards from the aircraft flying at the same velocity as the rocket, so that, in theory, it would drop directly to the ground from over the spot on the ground where it was (con’t page 2) Newsletter Editor - Bettye Moody , OCR Text: VOL 22 NO 2 THE CHINA LAKER Business Name Special points of interest:  Who was: Dr. William A. Fowler  President Lyndon B. Johnson  Public Relations Corner Who Was... 1 President’s Message 1 Public Relations Corner 3 Presidential Timeline 4 Board of Directors 8 Future Museum Facility 9 Donation Application 12 Inside this issue: Lost now to newcomers at NAWCWD China Lake, is four-block long Fowler Street running through the sage brush in what used to be a busy housing area until the houses were all torn down when the Navy demolished most of its civilian on-base housing. Named after CalTech/ NOTS China Lake pioneer Dr. William “Willie” A. Fowler, it ran from Richmond Road west and terminat- ed at Groves Street. Who was Fowler? Early Years. Fowler was born in 1911 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and was raised from the age of two in Lima, Ohio when his father, an accountant, transferred there from Pittsburgh. President of the Senior Class, Fowler graduated from high school in 1929. He entered Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio majoring in ceramic engineering and, as a sophomore, WHO WAS: Dr. William A. Fowler by Jack Latimer Spring 2016 President’s Message Everything is moving along well, and Board Members are working hard with their respective committees. We always need more help, so if you would like to volunteer, just give me a call and we will see what task/committee would fit your needs the best. Committees consist of Daily Operations/Gift Shop (Pat Doucette), Public Relations/Advertising (Dr. Tony Damiano), History and Docent Training (Jack Latimer), Artifacts/Exhibits (Dr. Bob Smith with Historian Paul Homer), Education (Dr. Bob Smith), Museum Building/Construction (Wayne Doucette), Fundraising Events (Pat Connell, with this year’s Dinner Auction led by Paul Homer), Corporate Fundraising (Bob Campbell and John Freeman), Finance (Chris Toftner), and Planning (Alice Campbell with help from Bob Campbell). Laura Hickle heads Grant Writing and although doesn’t have a committee yet, will be ramping up this June, and is an excellent (con’t page 8) changed to engineering physics when he became fascinated with physics. On graduation from Ohio State he entered the California Institute of Technology (CalTech) graduate program studying physics under Dr. Charles Lauritsen. He studied nuclear physics under the prewar influence of Lauritsen, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Richard Tolman and other outstanding physicists of the day. He earned his PhD and taught and applied his knowledge at CalTech. Rocket Developer. As World War II intervened, Fowler became involved in the Navy’s program to develop rock- ets, and became second-in-command to Dr. Lauritsen, who ran that project. Early on, Fowler helped develop, pro- duce and test the first rockets ever fired from an aircraft. These were retrorockets fired backwards from the aircraft flying at the same velocity as the rocket, so that, in theory, it would drop directly to the ground from over the spot on the ground where it was (con’t page 2) Newsletter Editor - Bettye Moody , China Lake Museum,China Laker - Newsletter,China Laker 2010s,China Laker 2016,Newsletter Apr 2016.pdf,Newsletter Apr 2016.pdf Page 1, Newsletter Apr 2016.pdf Page 1