Edward Mosehauer ’37

Aircraft equipment design engineer, model railroader, and ardent Princetonian, Ed Mosehauer of West Hartford, Conn., died Apr. 25, 1998. His wife, Eleanor, predeceased him, but his son Richard, daughters Nancy, Linda, and Susan, and six grandchildren survive.

Ed prepared at Lawrenceville. He transferred to M.I.T. at the end of sophomore year to specialize in aeronautical engineering, which he pursued vigorously the rest of his professional life, in various positions with United Aircraft/United Technologies Corp. In an era of tremendous expansion of U.S. aircraft production, he designed and built the world-famous Hamilton propellers, turbine engine starters, and hydraulic pumps; he played a part in putting the first man on the moon. On the side he was an auxiliary fireman for the office of civilian defense, an assistant scoutmaster in West Hartford, and chairman of the West Hartford Board of Education. He belonged to the Hartford Tennis Club, the Hartford Ski Club, the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences, and the Newcomen Society. Ed wrote, "Major accomplishments -- making a golfer out of my wife. Minor accomplishments -- designing aircraft propeller blades and convincing people that they're handy things to have around."

The Class of 1937