Pursuits
Simon Ramo, Aerospace Leader Who Put ‘R’ in TRW, Dies at 103
- Company led U.S. efforts in Cold War space race with Soviets
- Ramo was chief scientist for the U.S. ballistic missile system
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Simon Ramo, the scientist, engineer and entrepreneur who co-founded two Fortune 500 companies and was chief scientist for the U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile system during the Cold War, has died. He was 103.
He died Monday of natural causes at his home in Santa Monica, California, his son, Jim Ramo, said in an e-mail.