Crash test Dummy inventor passes

["Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>From the weekly This is True newsletter of http://www.thisistrue.com
THIS WEEK'S HONORARY UNSUBSCRIBE goes to Samuel W. Alderson. A physicist
  and engineer, in the 1950s Alderson developed the "anthropomorphic test
  device" to help NASA and the U.S. Air Force test ejection seats in
  high-performance aircraft. But few called them "A.T.D.s", preferring
  instead "crash test dummy". Alderson campaigned for the dummies to be
  more widely used, such as to help design safer automobiles. His first
  design made specifically for automotive testing was produced in 1968,
  replacing what was previously used in crash tests: cadavers, and
  ushered in a new era of vastly improved automotive safety. He died
  February 11 at home in Los Angeles from myelofibrosis, a bone marrow
  disorder. He was 90.
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Jim Blair, Seattle, WA '84 J10 Black Jack (getting lifted and stroked!), '73 
J4000 304/TH400/QT tow truck http://www.virtualjeep.com

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