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R. Richard Heppe collection, 1932-2013
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Title: R. Richard Heppe collection, 1932-2013
Dates: 1932-2013
Collection Number: mssHeppecollection
Collector:
Heppe, Ralph Richard, 1923-2015
Extent:
6 boxes and 1 oversize folder
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Manuscripts Department
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Fax: (626) 449-5720
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This collection primarliy consists of photographs and printed matter related to R. Richard Heppe's career at Lockheed - California
Company.
Language of Material: The records are in English.
Collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information,
please go to following
web site .
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material,
nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and
obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
R. Richard Heppe collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Gift of Janice Heppe, May 2015.
Ralph Richard "Dick" Heppe was born on March 4, 1923 in Kansas City, Missouri. He earned a degree in mechanical engineering
and aeronautics from Stanford University in 1944 and 1945. He received his professional engineer's degree from California
Institute of Technology in 1947. He began his career at Lockheed - California Company in Burbank, California in 1947 as an
aerodynamicist. During his 41-year career at Lockheed, he was involved with the F-104, the Electra transport; the United States
Navy P-3 and S-3A patrol craft; the L-1011 transport; the F-117 stealth fighter; and the United States Air Force F-22A. He
became president of Lockheed - California Company in 1984.
This collection primarily consists of printed matter and photographs related to R. Richard Heppe's career at Lockheed - California.
There is a sporadic run of newsletters from the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Star from 1956 through 1994. An item
of interest may be a DVD and transcript of Lockheed Martin Legacy Program Oral History Interview project with Heppe, which
was conducted in 2011. There are also hundreds of photographs that are roughly organized into three different categories:
miscellaneous; miscellaneous aircraft; and miscellaneous demonstrations, presentations, and site visits. The miscellaneous
photographs include portraits of Heppe. The oversize box consists of two scrapbooks and the oversize folder contains printed
matter related to Lockheed's L-2000 supersonic transport (SST).
Heppe, Ralph Richard, 1923-2015
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Lockheed-California Company
Lockheed Corporation
Lockheed Martin
Aerospace industries
Engineers
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Memorandums
Newsletters
Photographs
Press releases