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Frank E. Rom is an American engineer and inventor who has made significant contributions to the fields of aerospace engineering, robotics, and computer science. He is best known for his work on the Apollo Lunar Module, the first spacecraft to land humans on the moon. Rom was born in Brooklyn, New York, on August 16, 1926. He attended Brooklyn Technical High School and graduated in 1944. He then attended the City College of New York, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering in 1948. Rom began his career at the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation in Bethpage, New York, in 1948. He worked on the design of the F-11 Tiger fighter jet and the Apollo Lunar Module. He was the chief engineer of the Lunar Module project from 1962 to 1969. Rom was awarded the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal in 1969 for his work on the Lunar Module. He was also awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation in 2009 for his contributions to the development of robotics and computer science. Rom is currently a professor emeritus at the University of Maryland, where he has taught since 1971. He is also a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences. Rom is married to his wife, Mary, and has two children. He is 86 years old.

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Occupation Engineer: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Age 86 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 16 August 1926
Birthday 16 August
Birthplace Brooklyn, New York
Date of death (2012-11-04) Venice, Florida
Died Place Venice, Florida
Nationality United States

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His wife is Marilyn McNamara

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2012

Rom died in Venice, Florida, on November 4, 2012, and was interred in the Memorial Rose Garden of the Epiphany Cathedral in Venice, where he was an active member.

1970

Frank Ernest Rom Sr. was an engineer who worked for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and it successor, the National Air and Space Administration (NASA). He wrote many papers on the user of nuclear propulsion for rockets for interplanetary travel. In the 1970s, he was involved in NASA's exploration of solar, wind and tidal energy sources as alternative to fossil fuels, and found his own solar energy company, Rom-Aire Solar Energy Products, based on his patents for air-based solar heating and collecting systems.

1948

In 1948, Rom joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Lewis Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, where he met his future wife, Marilyn McNamara. They had seven children. His early work there was on the development of long-range aircraft, powered by jet engines and turboprop engines. He then became involved in the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion project. He was one of the first to consider the possibility of a nuclear-powered ramjet missile, writing a paper on it in 1954. He became an important figure in the development of NASA's Plum Brook Reactor facility in Sandusky, Ohio.

1926

Frank Ernest Rom Sr. was born in Brooklyn, New York on August 16, 1926, the son of Frank and Josefa Rom, a pair of immigrants from Austria. He was educated in public schools in New York City, and attended Cooper Union there. During World War II, he served in the US Navy. After the war he entered Cornell University, from which he graduated both bachelor's and master's degrees.