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- Josephine Mills Sherman
Born in Oneonta, New York, Sherman Fairchild was the only child of George Winthrop Fairchild (1854–1924) and Josephine Mills Sherman (1859–1924). His father was a Republican Congressman as well as a co-founder and the first Chairman of IBM. His mother was the daughter of William Sherman, of Davenport, Iowa.
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Oct 20, 2017 · Fairchild Aviation’s visionary founder valued innovation above all else. Sherman Fairchild seemed born to tinker with mechanical devices. When his parents gave him a camera for his 9th birthday, he didn’t take pictures with it; he took it apart to see how it worked.
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Jan 12, 2009 · Sherman Fairchild, the photographer who transformed aviation. Conducting aerial surveys in the 1920s took an intrepid soul. The airplane’s open cockpit—and it was always open—was windy, cold ...
Sherman Mills Fairchild’s outstanding contributions to aviation began during World War I when he developed an improved aerial camera with a between-the-lens shutter, forming the Fairchild Aerial Camera Corporation in 1920. It later became the standard aerial camera of the U.S. military services.
SHERMAN FAIRCHILD. During World War I, unable to serve in the military, Sherman Fairchild worked with his father to develop an improved aerial camera that reduced the distortion caused by movement of the plane.
Much of the credit for the digital revolution is owed to the early pioneers of Silicon Valley -- from transistor inventor William Shockley and the Traitorous Eight to investor Sherman Fairchild ...
In August 1957, Rock and Coyle met with the inventor and businessman Sherman Fairchild, founder of Fairchild Aircraft and Fairchild Camera. [60] [61] Fairchild sent Rock to his deputy, Richard Hodgson.
