Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History

The Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History, also known as the Lindbergh Chair, is a one-year senior fellowship hosted by the U.S. National Air and Space Museum (NASM), to assist a scholar in the research and composition of a book about aerospace history. Named for the famous aviator Charles Lindbergh, the position is competitive: one experienced scholar is selected each year from multiple applicants worldwide. Up to $100,000 is granted to the winner.^[1]

The Lindbergh Chair is one of four research fellowships administered by NASM within the Smithsonian Institution: the others are the Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Fellowship, the A. Verville Fellowship, and the Postdoctoral Earth and Planetary Sciences Fellowship.^[2] Announced in 1977 at the 50th anniversary of Lindbergh's famous solo flight,^[3] 1978 was the first year that the Lindbergh Chair was occupied—British aviation historian Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith was selected as the first recipient.^[4]

Each Lindbergh Chair application is judged relative to the suitability of its proposal, the scholarly record of the applicant, the availability of relevant museum staff advisors knowledgeable on the proposed topic, whether the NASM can provide the specific resources,^[2] and the applicability of the proposal to NASM's work-in-progress series.^[5] The winner is expected to reside in the Washington, DC, area for nine months to a year, the academic year generally starting in September and ending by the following August. He or she is also expected to take part in discussions with museum staff and to attend professional seminars and colloquia.^[5] Along with access to primary research materials, the winner is given the use of an office, a phone and a computer.^[5]

Past winners

Year	Awardee	Topic	Published result
1978	Gibbs-Smith, Charles HarvardCharles Harvard Gibbs-Smith[4]	Wright brothers
1979	Kelsey, Benjamin S.Benjamin S. Kelsey[6]	U.S. aviation in World War II	The Dragon's Teeth?: The Creation of United States Air Power for World War II. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1982
1980
1981	Davies, R. E. G. "Ron"R. E. G. "Ron" Davies[7]	Airlines	Airlines of the USA since 1914
1982
1983
1984	von Ohain, HansHans von Ohain[8]
1985
1986	Anderson, John D.John D. Anderson[9]	History of aerodynamics
1987
1988	Fozard, John W.John W. Fozard[10]	History of the lift jet
1989
1990
1991
1992	Bilstein, Roger E.Roger E. Bilstein[11]
1993	Lewis, W. DavidW. David Lewis[12]
1994
1995
1996	Leary, William M.William M. Leary[13]
1997	Murray, WilliamsonWilliamson Murray[14]
1998	McCurdy, Howard E.Howard E. McCurdy[15]	American space program	Space and the American Imagination, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998
1999	Trimble, William F.William F. Trimble[12]	US Navy aviation of the 1950s
2000	Kevles, Bettyann HoltzmannBettyann Holtzmann Kevles[16]	Women in space	Almost Heaven: The Story of Women in Space New York: Basic Books, 2003 (Second edition: MIT Press, 2006)
2001	Launius, RogerRoger Launius[17]	Jet engines
2002	Erisman, Fred R.Fred R. Erisman[18]
2003	Scranton, PhilipPhilip Scranton[19]
2004	Krige, JohnJohn Krige[20]	Space policy	American hegemony and the postwar reconstruction of science in Europe. MIT Press, 2006
2005	Fleming, James RodgerJames Rodger Fleming[21]
2006	Smith, Robert W.Robert W. Smith[22]
2007	Farquhar, Robert W.Robert W. Farquhar[23]	Space exploration
2008	Logsdon, John M.John M. Logsdon[24]	Space policy and history
2009
2010	Slotten, HughHugh Slotten[25]
2010	Macleod, RoyRoy Macleod[26]
2013	Siddiqi, AsifAsif Siddiqi
2015	McCray, W. PatrickW. Patrick McCray[27]	Collaboration of artists, engineers, & scientists through Apollo era

References

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