Richard John Coar | |
Birth Date: | 2 May 1921 |
Birth Place: | Hanover, New Hampshire, U.S. |
Death Place: | Roanoke, Virginia, U.S. |
Education: | Tufts University (BS) |
Occupation: | Engineer |
Years Active: | 1941–1986 |
Employer: | Pratt & Whitney United Technologies |
Known For: | J58 turbojet for the SR-71 "Blackbird" RL10 rocket engine |
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Spouse: | Cecilie Berle -1971, her death Lucille Hicks -2013, her death |
Children: | Kenneth, Gregory, Candace, Andrea Tittle, Roger |
Awards: | George Westinghouse Medal Daniel Guggenheim Medal |
Richard J. Coar (May 2, 1921 – December 29, 2013[1]), an aeronautical engineer, was a member of the United States National Academy of Engineering, elected in 1984.[2] The American Society of Mechanical Engineers honored him with the George Westinghouse Medal in 1984, and in 1998 he received the Daniel Guggenheim Medal.[3] He received a bachelor's degree from Tufts College in 1942.[4] He is known for helping develop the model 304 liquid hydrogen aircraft engine[5] and the RL10 rocket engine.[6] He was later executive vice president at Pratt & Whitney.
His son, Ken Coar, is well known for his involvement of the launch of the Apache Foundation, a United States-based non-profit software development company.