Hugh Dryden
- Born: July 2, 1889 (Pocomoke City, Maryland)
- Died: December 2, 1965 (Washington, DC)
Education
- 1916: AB, Johns Hopkins University
- 1918: AM, Johns Hopkins University
- 1919: PhD, Johns Hopkins University (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1918–1920: National Bureau of Standards, Laboratory Assistant
- 1920–1934: National Bureau of Standards, Chief, Aerodynamics Section
- 1934–1946: National Bureau of Standards, Chief, Mechanics and Sound Division
- 1946–1947: National Bureau of Standards, Associate Director
- 1947–1949: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Director, Aeronautics Research
- 1949–1958: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Director
- 1958–1965: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Deputy Administrator
Other Positions
- 1941–1945: United States Navy, Chief, Bureau of Ordnance Experimental Unit
Selected Part-Time Positions
Selected Awards and Honors
Archival Resources
Johns Hopkins University, Milton S. Eisenhower Library, Special Collections, Baltimore, Maryland
Published Resources
Jerome C. Hunsaker and Robert C. Seamans, Jr., "Hugh Latimer Dryden: 1898-1965", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
