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18, 1912 – October 11, 2003) was engineer,

credited (along with Roger with the development of the Global Positioning System (GPS).

He was the co-leader (the other being Louis

Ridenour) of the research group which developed the SCR-584, an automatic microwave tracking fire-control system,

which enabled anti-aircraft guns to

destroy a significant percentage of the German V-1 flying bombs launched against London late in the Second World War. Ivan A. Getting was born on 18 January 1912

in New York City to a

family of Slovak immigrants from Bytča, Slovakia and grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

He attended the Massachusetts

Institute of Technology (MIT) as an Edison Scholar (S.B. Physics, 1933);

and Merton College, Oxford as

a Graduate Rhodes Scholar (D.Phil.,

1935) in astrophysics. He then

worked at Harvard University on

nuclear instrumentation and cosmic rays (Junior Fellow, 1935-1940) and

the MIT Radiation Laboratory (1940-1950;

Director of the Division on Fire Control and Army Radar, Associate Professor

1945; Professor 1946). During the Second World War he was a special consultant

to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson on the Army's use of radar.

He also served as head of the Naval Fire Control Section of the Office of

Scientific Research and Development, member of the Combined Chiefs of Staff

Committee on Searchlight and Fire Control, and head of the Radar Panel of the

Research and Development Board of the Department of Defense. In 1950, during

the Korean War, Getting became Assistant for Development Planning,

Deputy Chief of Staff, United States Air Force; and in 1951, Vice President for

Engineering and Research at the Raytheon Corporation (1951-1960). While at Raytheon, Getting also served on the

Undersea Warfare Committee of the National

Research Council. In 1960 Getting became the founding President of

The Aerospace Corporation (1960-1977). The Corporation was established at the request

of the Secretary of the Air Force as a non-profit organization to apply

"the full resources of modern science and technology to the problem of

achieving those continued advances in ballistic missiles and space systems,

which are basic to national security." Getting was also a founding member

of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Group (later renamed the Scientific

Advisory Board) and chair of its Electronics Panel. Getting retired from The

Aerospace Corporation in 1977. In 1978 he served as President of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He also

served on the Board of Directors of the Northrop Corporation and

the Board of Trustees of the Environmental

Research Institute of Michigan. Getting died on October 11, 2003, in

Coronado, California. While at MIT Radiation Laboratory, Getting's group

developed the first automatic microwave tracking fire control radar, the SCR

584. This system, along with the proximity fuze, significantly reduced damage to London by

the V-1 flying bombs (also

known as "doodlebugs" or "buzz bombs") launched by Germany

from June 1944 of the Second World War, by enabling accurate anti-aircraft fire

to destroy the missiles. On 28 August 1944, the last day on which significant

numbers of V-1s were launched against London, of 104 fired, 68 were destroyed

by artillery, 16 by other means, and 16 crashed. Getting was an early designer and

proponent of satellite-based navigation systems which led to the development

and deployment of the Global Positioning System (GPS). While in Raytheon he

oversaw the development of the first position-finding system – developed in response to

an Air Force requirement for a guidance system to be used with a proposed Intercontinental Ballistic

Missile (ICBM) that would achieve mobility by traveling on a

railroad system. While at The Aerospace Corporation he oversaw studies on the

use of satellites as the basis for a navigation system for vehicles moving

rapidly in three dimensions. In addition to his technical contributions to GPS,

Getting was a tireless advocate of the project in the face of early resistance

from the Pentagon. He was also

involved in the development of the first He also was involved in the development of the

Navy GFCS MK-56 anti-aircraft

fire control system; as well as in the development and building of a 350 MeV synchrotron at MIT Radiation Laboratory.

He also was involved in the development of the Sparrow III and Hawk missile systems;

as well as commercial production of transistors at Raytheon. As a consultant to the US government: implementation

of the Quick Reaction Capability for Electronic Counter-Measures; establishment

of the SHAPE Supreme

Headquarters Allied Powers Europe Laboratory at the Hague;

deployment of U.S. air defense capability called the Semi-Automatic Ground

Environment (SAGE) radar system; direction of studies on MX missile basing and

long-range combat aircraft; technical analysis and design of a long-range

supersonic bomber capable of reaching the former Soviet Union and returning

without refueling (Getting's work is credited in the reinstatement of the B-1 bomber funding by the U.S. Congress). As member of

the Undersea Warfare Committee of the National Research Council: Associate

Director of Project Nobska sponsored by the U.S. Navy and concerning submarine

warfare weapons; recommended a submarine-based, ballistic missile that formed the basis for the Polaris missile. At The Aerospace Corporation: planning

for new ballistic missile systems; oversight of space launch systems;

development of high-powered chemical lasers; contributions to the Mercury and Gemini space launch systems.