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Ernest N. Storrs, B.A. '35

Ernest N. Storrs, B.A. '35

Mr. Storrs conceived and directed the engineering for the ground electronics blind landing system used during the Berlin Air Lift.

While with the Federal Aviation Administration, he contributed significantly to the modernization of the air traffic control system in the late 1960s.

He developed the equipment for an automatic radar landing system and supervised the preparation of the specifications for the first nationwide computer controlled enroute tracking system.