LACOVIC, RAYMOND F. Aeronautical Research Scientist

Raymond Lacovic is an Aeronautical Research Scientist at NASA-Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio. Born September 22, 1942 to Croatian parents in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Education includes University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1960-63, B.S., 1963; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1963-65, M.S., 1965 with a major field in Chemical Engineering and a specialty of Theoretical Thermodynamics. Thesis:1965 The effect of a Damping Fluid on the Sonic Velocity in Viscoelastic Materials. Member of Omega Chi Epsilon, Honorary Society of Chemical Engineers. Work is directly pertinent to the Atlas-Centaur Space Vehicle which was instrumental in placing Surveyor I on the moon.