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G. Bruce Kamp, Col., U.S.A.F.(Ret.)

	G. Bruce Kamp, Col., U.S.A.F.(Ret.)
Industry	Consulting
Title	Colonel, U.S. Air Force (Retired)
Expertise	Engineering, styling, product design
Type of Organization	Consulting
Major Product	Industrial design consulting
Area of Distribution	International
University/Degree	B.A., Pennsylvania State University; Graduate Studies, Wharton School University of Pennsylvania; Architectural Engineering, Liberal Arts, 1 year
Born	June 14, 1909, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Honors & Awards	Designed product currently on exhibit at Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C. (Sunoco Blender pump); Designed national medal for Navy League of U.S. for achievement NJROTC; Recipient of 2 citations of Legion of Merit Medals and Commendation Medal
Hobbies & Sports	Private pilot, professional water colorist, boating, Delta Chi Fraternity
Career Accomplishments	Selected member of American Society of Marine Artists; Registered, Pennsylvania State National Directory of recommended consultants; Commendation letter from President Harry S. Truman and Commanding General, Army Air Force, "Hap" Arnold; Over 32 year span, retained by many of America's top corporations, contributing to approximately 700 saleable products involving multimillions of dollars in production, marketing and sales, for products in use today
Work History	1938, Co-founded publishing firm to introduce innovative method of sales of College/High School Annuals; 1941, Requested by FBI to apply for training and accepted at Philadelphia; 1941, Reserve commission activated by Presidential Order, duty Army Corps; assigned to Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, TX to construct Air Force bases; temporarily assigned to assemble centralized printing and reproduction plant; initiated first training aids program for technical training command; introduced first use of Plexiglas for "see thru" outer castings, to allow instruments, airplane parts, etc. to be studied as they would normally operate; training time reduced by 50%; training aids were applied to 91 Air Bases; Ordered to Wright Field, Dayton, OH: air research/development for all America's allies; assigned Assistant Director of equipment lab; met, and talked, with Orville Wright who was interested in new guided missiles program, instigated at the equipment lab, he was 84 and privy to first guided missile developed and operated in 1944; Member of 3-man team, ordered by General "Hap" Arnold, to organize and assemble an exhibit for Congressional viewing, to emphasize the tremendous contribution of Research and Development at Wright Field; object request budget of $214,000,000 to enable continuance of R&D; Exhibit included presentations from all 14 R&D labs under 1¼ mile tent; Pertinent Congressional committees were flown from Washington, DC; Discharged from Active Duty Colonel to Reserve Status, 1946; Originated Bruce Kamp Associates, Philadelphia and New York, featuring product design, styling, engineering, fabrication process, and human factors; Became international in scope
Children	Pearle K. Parsells, 1940; Derek S. Kamp, 1962; Stepdaughter, Diane Miller, 1941; Stepson, Richard B. Brown, 1935
Spouse	Mildred Powell Kamp
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