Arthur E. Raymond
McDonnell Douglas Corporation
March 24, 1899 - March 22, 1999
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Scientific Discipline: Engineering Sciences Membership Type:
Emeritus
(elected 1950)
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Arthur E. Raymond revolutionized commercial air travel by leading a team of aeronautical engineers in the design of a durable and highly efficient plane: the DC-3. It is a fixed-wing, propeller-driven airliner that improved the speed and magnitude of air transportation in the 1930s and the 1940s. During WWII he helped manage the production of thousands of DC-3 planes for the war effort, making it the most- produced aircraft in history.
Raymond earned his BA degree from Harvard University and went on to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he earned his MS degree in aeronautical engineering in 1921. He spent his career at the Douglas Aircraft Company, where he led his team in the creation of the DC-3. From 1960 to 1969 NASA enlisted his help coordinating outside contractors for Project Gemini and Project Apollo. He was a founding member of the National Academy of Engineering.
