Leroy Grumman

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Leroy Grumman was an American aeronautical engineer and industrialist who founded the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, a key predecessor to Northrop Grumman and a major supplier of military and civilian aircraft.

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Leroy Grumman canonical 4
Leroy Randle Grumman 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aeronautical engineer ⓘ
company founder ⓘ
human ⓘ
burialPlace Locust Valley Cemetery, Locust Valley, New York, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath cardiovascular disease ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1895-01-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1982-10-04 ⓘ
educatedAt Cornell University ⓘ
Cornell University College of Engineering ⓘ
employer Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation ⓘ
linked to: Grumman

Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corporation ⓘ
ethnicGroup European American ⓘ
familyName Grumman ⓘ
fieldOfWork aeronautics ⓘ
aircraft design ⓘ
founded Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation ⓘ
linked to: Grumman
foundedCompanyLocation Long Island, New York, United States ⓘ
foundedInYear 1929 ⓘ
fullName Leroy Randle Grumman ⓘ
linked to: Leroy Grumman
givenName Leroy ⓘ
hasEmployerSuccessor Northrop Grumman ⓘ
hasPredecessorOrganization Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corporation ⓘ
industry aerospace industry ⓘ
influenced growth of U.S. naval aviation ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
legacy Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation later became part of Northrop Grumman ⓘ
memberOf National Academy of Engineering ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Navy ⓘ
notableAward Daniel Guggenheim Medal ⓘ
Navy Distinguished Public Service Award ⓘ
notableFor founding Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation ⓘ
innovations in folding-wing mechanisms for carrier aircraft ⓘ
making Grumman a major supplier of civilian aircraft ⓘ
making Grumman a major supplier of military aircraft ⓘ
notableWork development of carrier-based aircraft for the U.S. Navy ⓘ
leadership in design of Grumman naval fighters and torpedo bombers ⓘ
occupation aeronautical engineer ⓘ
business executive ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Huntington, New York, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Manhasset, New York, United States ⓘ
positionHeld chairman of Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation ⓘ
president of Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation ⓘ
residence Long Island, New York, United States ⓘ
servedAs naval aviator ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northrop Grumman Corporation → foundedBy → Leroy Grumman ⓘ
subject linked to: NOC
Grumman → foundedBy → Leroy Grumman ⓘ
Leroy Grumman → fullName → Leroy Randle Grumman ⓘ
linked to: Leroy Grumman
Jake Swirbul → hasBusinessPartner → Leroy Grumman ⓘ
Edmund Ward Poor → associatedWith → Leroy Grumman ⓘ