AEDC at 75: Sverdrup leads ARO through early years
Maj. Gen. Leif Sverdrup poses for a photo in front of the then-under construction Arnold Engineering Development test facility in 1955. Sverdrup served as president of Arnold Research Organization Inc., the first company awarded a contract to operate AEDC.
BRAD HICKS AEDC Contributor Maj. Gen. Leif Sverdrup was once quoted as saying, “If at first you don’t succeed, you’re like most people. The wonderful…