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Died. Lord McGowan, 87, longtime leading British industrialist and cartel-championing munitions maker ("I have no objection at all to selling arms to both sides; I am not a purist in these things"), a working-class Scotsman (born Harry David McGowan) who started at 15 as a $1.25-a-week office boy with Nobel's Explosives Co., became co-founder and chairman (1930-50) of the monolithic Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.; in London...
...clear of the wakes of nearby aircraft, especially big ones. They know that the turbulent air behind big, fast planes may be full of invisible, wing-racking bumps. And the danger has been growing worse as airliners boost both speed and size. Last week Aerodynamicist William A. McGowan of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration reported just how dangerous jet-age wake bumps...
...would be slammed upward and downward as if it had flown through a miniature thunderstorm. A light airplane flying through the core itself, says Mc-Gowan, "can experience loading conditions that exceed the design ultimate load factors," i.e., can be torn apart. Although no supersonic airliners are flying yet, McGowan looks forward to their take-off with some trepidation. Their wake will be strong enough to knock the wings off a good-sized commercial airliner...
Like Dorrance, Murphy has a background in chemistry. Born in Appleton, Wis., Murphy went to the University of Wisconsin (B.S. in chemical engineering, 1928), joined Campbell in 1938. After a wartime stint on the War Production Board, he came back to Campbell as executive assistant to President James McGowan Jr. When McGowan retired in 1953, Murphy took over and began moving fast to give the venerable company a newer look...
...Years With Churchill, by Norman McGowan. The author's finest hour was to serve as Sir Winston's valet, and he recalls it with engaging anecdotal charm...