Richard G. Folsom
American mechanical engineer, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
About Richard G. Folsom
Lived 1907 – 1996 (aged 89). Richard G. Folsom was an American mechanical engineer.
Richard Gilman Folsom (1907 – 1996) was an American mechanical engineer, professor of mechanical engineering at the University of California at Berkeley, and the twelfth president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He also known as the 91st president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in the year 1972–73.
Biography Youth and education Folsom was born on February 3, 1907, in Los Angeles, California, to Harry Gilman Folsom and Mabel Hazard Folsom.
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American mechanical engineer, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1907–1996)
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Richard G. Folsom was born on 3 February 1907 in Los Angeles.
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Richard G. Folsom died on 11 March 1996.
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Richard G. Folsom was a mechanical engineer.
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