Fred C. Bailey
{{Short description|American engineering scientist (1925–2021)}}
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| workplaces = Teledyne
| alma_mater = Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, MS)
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Fred C. Bailey (October 5, 1925 — January 21, 2021) was an American engineer.{{Cite news |title=FRED C. BAILEY Obituary (1925 - 2021) |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/bostonglobe/name/fred-bailey-obituary?pid=197573526 |access-date=2021-12-29 |work=Boston Globe |via=Legacy.com}}
Education
Research and career
Bailey served as an electrician's mate in the Navy, in the midst of his college studies. After MIT he took a position at Caterpillar Tractor Company and then moved to the National Research Council of the Academy of Science. In 1955 he moved to Boston to take a position with Lessells and Associates{{Cite report |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/AD0430742 |title=ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS OF ACCELERATION DATA. |last1=Bailey |first1=F. C. |last2=Fritch |first2=D. J. |date=1964-02-17 |language=en |last3=Wise |first3=N. S. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229024517/https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/AD0430742 |archive-date=December 29, 2021 |url-status=live}} where he rose to the position of president. As president he guided Lessells and Associates through its acquisition by Teledyne. He retired as President of Teledyne Engineering Services in 1986. He was a President of the Society for Experimental Stress Analysis (SESA) (now Society for Experimental Mechanics) from 1967 to 1969.{{Cite book |title=The Old and New…: A Narrative on the History of the Society for Experimental Mechanics |date=2018 |isbn=978-3-031-79716-3 |language=en-US |doi=10.2200/S00842ED1V01Y201803SEM003 |last1=Sciammarella |first1=Cesar A. |last2=Zimmerman |first2=Kristin B. |series=Synthesis Sem Lectures on Experimental Mechanics |bibcode=2018onnh.book.....S |page=77}} Bailey was named an Honorary Member of the Society in 1992, a position held until his death in 2021.
Awards and recognition
- Society for Experimental Mechanics Fellow (1976){{Cite web |title=SEM Fellow |url=https://sem.org/awardsfellow |access-date=December 21, 2021 |website=Society for Experimental Mechanics |department=Awards}}
- Society for Experimental Mechanics Tatnall (1974){{Cite web |title=F. G. Tatnall |url=https://sem.org/awardstatnall |access-date=2021-12-29 |website=Society for Experimental Mechanics |department=Awards}}
- Society for Experimental Mechanics Honorary Member (1992 to 2021){{Cite web |title=Honorary Member |url=https://sem.org/awardshonorary |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220212301/https://sem.org/awardshonorary |archive-date=2021-12-20 |access-date=2021-12-22 |website=Society for Experimental Mechanics |department=Awards}}
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Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni