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Franklin Rudolf Collbohm (January 31, 1907 – February 12, 1990) was an American aviation engineer. [1] Biography. He was born on January 31, 1907, in New York City. [2] [3] He died on February 12, 1990. [2] [3] Education. He studied engineering at the University of Wisconsin. [3] Personal life.
Feb 14, 1990 · Franklin R. Collbohm, aerospace pioneer and founder of the prototype Santa Monica-based think tank called the RAND Corp., has died at his Palm Desert home. He was 83. Collbohm died in his sleep...
Feb 14, 1990 · Franklin R. Collbohm, an aviation engineer who became the founding president of the Rand Corporation, the nonprofit research organization, died Monday at his home here, three weeks after a...
The immediate impetus for the creation of RAND was a fateful conversation in September 1945 between General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold and Douglas executive Franklin R. Collbohm.
Feb 14, 1990 · FRANKLIN COLLBOHM, 83, a pioneering aviation engineer and founding president of the Rand Corp. think tank, died Monday after a stroke. Collbohm, who studied engineering at the University of...
Project RAND. The Douglas Years. On October 1, 1945, Arnold, Bowles, Douglas, Raymond, and Collbohm met to set up Project RAND under special contract to the Douglas Aircraft Company. Project RAND got under way in December 1945, expending a total of $640 in its first month of operation.
Sinology to Space. Under the hard-boiled intelligence of Engineer Collbohm, a top War Department consultant during World War II, Rand has attracted a staff of nearly 1,200—including ranking...
