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”’Stephen J. Zand”’ (d. 24 January 1963) was an aeronautical pioneer who worked at the [[Sperry Corporation|Sperry Gyroscope Co.]] and was later Vice-President of Engineering at the [[Lord Corporation]]. He solved many of the early problems related to vibrations and sound<ref name=’lordco’>Kholos, L. (2005) [http://books.google.com/books?id=AR97AHnpLNgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Courage+and+Innovation&sig=ACfU3U3bXICo-onIIUkfSG4uecR78Pfosg ”Courage and Innovation: The Story of the Lord Corporation”], Albrecht & Associates, ISBN 0977175804</ref>. He won the [[Wright Brothers Medal]] in 1931 for a paper on how vibration affects on-board instruments.
==Awards==
*Fellow, [[Royal Aeronautical Society]]<ref name=’lordco’/>
*Fellow, Institute of Aeronautical Sciences (later [[American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics|AIAA]])
*[[Wright Brothers Medal]], 1931
*[[Presidential Medal for Merit]]<ref name=’lordco’/>
== References ==
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[[Category:Fellows of the Royal Aeronautical Society]]
[[Category:Presidential Medal for Merit recipients]]
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