Professor (Captain) George W.
Haskins (1929-37)

Professor George W. Haskins (left) and Richard Arnett with Curtiss Robin loaned by Curtiss Services Corp. for class work January 1930 (-20 degrees F)




  • Born 11 March 1892
  • Purdue BSME 1916
  • U.S. Air Service (1917-1922)
  • Drying Systems (1924-29)
    - Chicago, IL
    - "Representative"
  • Joined Purdue ME 1 Sept. 1929
    - Associate Professor
    - Aeronautical Engineering
  • Left Purdue 30 June 1937
    - returned to Air Corps
    - later Civil Aeronautics Board

Aeronautical Engineering Class
(September 1934)

Professor G. W. Haskins explains aircraft construction to
Purdue students

Captain Haskins and class of students examining turbo charger.
Left to right: D. P. Keller, W. Rivers, R. Warren (kneeling), M. G. Haines,
and Captain Haskins

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