Arthur M. Young
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About
Philosopher and helicopter pioneer who was remembered for designing Bell Helicopter's first helicopter.
Before Fame
He matriculated from Princeton University in 1927. He spent 12 years following graduation on his father's Pennsylvania farm developing the helicopter.
Trivia
He founded the Institute for the Study of Consciousness in Berkeley in 1972. He was a proponent of process theory, evolution, and the great chain of being.
Family Life
His father was a landscape painter in Philadelphia. He divorced first wife Priscilla Page in 1948.
Associated With
He and author Rebecca Goldstein both studied at Princeton University.
