Merton E. Davies

Merton E. Davies
Born(1917-09-13)September 13, 1917
St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
DiedApril 17, 2001(2001-04-17) (aged 83)
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Alma materStanford University – Mathematics (1938)
Spouse(s)Louise Darling
(3 children)
Awards
  • * George W. Goddard Award
  • * NASA Certificate of Recognition for Technical Innovation, 1976[1]
  • * Talbert Abrams Award of the American Society of Photogrammetry
Scientific career
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Merton E. Davies presents the cartographic coordinate systems of the Galilean moons of Jupiter in 1980.

Merton E. Davies (September 13, 1917 – April 17, 2001) was a pioneer of America's space program, first in earth reconnaissance and later in planetary exploration and mapping. He graduated from Stanford University in 1938 and worked for the Douglas Aircraft corporation in the 1940s. He worked as a member of RAND Corporation[2] after it split off from Douglas in 1948 and for the remainder of his career.

  1. ^ NASA Case Number 13718 "Technique for Computation of Geodetic Control Net"
  2. ^ "The Research and Development (RAND) Corporation Interviews". Record Unit 9536. Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved 9 March 2012.