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Luis de Florez
Luis de Florez
	Commander Luis de Florez
Born	March 4, 1889
Died	November 1962 (aged 73)
Place of birth	New York City
Place of death	Connecticut
Allegiance	USA
Service/branch	United States Navy
Rank	Rear Admiral
Battles/wars	World War I; World War II
Awards	Legion of Merit

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Luis de Florez (March 4, 1889^[1] - November, 1962) was a naval aviator and a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy that was actively involved in experimental aerospace development projects for the United States Government. As both an active duty and a retired U.S. Navy admiral, de Florez was influential in the development of early flight simulators, and was a pioneer in the use of "virtual reality" to simulate flight and combat situations in World War II.^[2]

Biography

Luis de Florez was from New York City. De Florez attended MIT, and graduated in 1911 with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering.^[3] He wrote his thesis on the subject of an aircraft problem, titled "Thrust of Propellers in Flight." The Admiral DeFlores Design and Innovation Award is named after him, and his son, Peter de Florez, who was an MIT professor, established a $500,000 fund to foster and encourage activities related to humor at MIT.^[4] The de Florez Prize in Human Engineering was established in 1964 at his bequest.

De Florez worked in the United States Navy as a career officer in World War I. He worked in the aviation section of the Navy and also on the development of refinery technology.

In the 1930s, De Florez also worked as an engineering consultant for various oil companies. His name is on several patents, including a 1918 U.S. patent (#1,264,374) for a "Liquid prism device"^[5] with rigid closed sides which included a system for varying the density of a medium filling the prism and thereby varying the refraction of light waves passing through the prism, and a 1930 Canadian patent for the "cracking and distillation of hydrocarbon oils".^[6] During World War II, he gave up his business to help solve the Navy's training problems.

World War II

In 1941, then Commander de Florez visited the United Kingdom and wrote what would become an influential report on British aircraft simulator techniques. It influenced the establishing of the Special Devices Division of the Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics (what would later become the NAWCTSD).^[7] Later that year, Commander de Florez became head of the new Special Devices Desk in the Engineering Division of the Navy’s Bureau of Aeronautics. De Florez championed the use of "synthetic training devices" and urged the Navy to undertake development of such devices to increase readiness. He also worked on the development of antisubmarine devices. De Florez has been credted with over sixty inventions.

During World War II, he was subsequently promoted to captain and then to Flag rank, becoming a rear admiral in 1944.

In 1944, de Florez was awarded the Robert J. Collier Trophy for 1943 for his work in training combat pilots and flight crews through the development of inexpensive synthetic devices.^[8]

De Florez was awarded with the Legion of Merit in June 1945.^[9]

Post-war

In 1946, Tufts University awarded de Florez an honorary Doctor of Science degree at commencement.

Admiral de Florez was the first director of technical research at the CIA. In 1950, de Florez helped Robert Fulton get a contract with the Office of Naval Research to develop the Fulton surface-to-air recovery system. In 1954, as the CIA's chairman of research, de Florez argued against reprimanding those responsible for the then-secret but now controversial MKULTRA L.S.D. research program.^[10]

In the mid-1950s, de Florez was the president of the Flight Safety Foundation. Presented since 1966, the Foundation's Admiral Luis de Florez Flight Safety Award is named after him.^[11] It recognizes “outstanding individual contributions to aviation safety, through basic design, device or practice.” De Florez established a trust to support the award that provides each recipient with $1,000.

De Florez worked as an aide to Navy Vice Admiral Bowen, Director of ORI (later named ONR) in the 1970s.^[12] He also once served as a director of Douglas Aircraft Corp.

Luis de Florez died in November 1962,^[13] at the age of 73^[3] in the cockpit of his airplane, which was ready for take-off at a Connecticut airport. The main building complex at the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, Naval Support Activity Orlando, Florida, is named in his honor.

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-'''Luis de Florez''' (March 4, 1889<ref>[http://chryslercorporationllc.blogspot.com/2008/03/this-day-in-auto-history.html Chrysler Corporation LLC: This Day in Auto History:<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> - November, 1962) was a [[naval aviator]] and a [[Rear Admiral]] in the [[United States Navy]] that was actively involved in experimental aerospace development projects for the United States Government. As both an active duty and a retired U.S. Navy admiral, de Florez was influential in the development of early [[flight simulators]], and was a pioneer in the use of "virtual reality" to simulate flight and combat situations in World War II.<ref>[http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-4299351/Viktor-Schrekengost-sculptor-patriot-Open.html Viktor Schrekengost: sculptor, patriot.(Open Sources) Industry & Business Article - Research, News, Information, Contacts, Divisions, Subsidiaries, Business Associations<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+'''Luis de Florez''' (March 4, 1889<ref>[http://chryslercorporationllc.blogspot.com/2008/03/this-day-in-auto-history.html Chrysler Corporation LLC: This Day in Auto History:]</ref> - November, 1962) was a [[naval aviator]] and a [[Rear Admiral]] in the [[United States Navy]] that was actively involved in experimental aerospace development projects for the United States Government. As both an active duty and a retired U.S. Navy admiral, de Florez was influential in the development of early [[flight simulators]], and was a pioneer in the use of "virtual reality" to simulate flight and combat situations in World War II.<ref>[http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-4299351/Viktor-Schrekengost-sculptor-patriot-Open.html Viktor Schrekengost: sculptor, patriot.(Open Sources) Industry & Business Article - Research, News, Information, Contacts, Divisions, Subsidiaries, Business Associations]</ref>
 ==Biography==
 [[File:De Florez Building memorial 01.jpg|thumb|160 px|Bust of Luis de Florez at the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division in Orlando, Florida]]
-Luis de Florez was from New York City.  De Florez attended [[MIT]], and graduated in 1911 with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering.<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:2000.04.0001&query=keywords%3D%23132 Concise Encyclopedia of Tufts History (ed. Anne Sauer)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He wrote his thesis on the subject of an aircraft problem, titled "Thrust of Propellers in Flight." The ''Admiral DeFlores Design and Innovation Award'' is named after him, and his son, [[Peter de Florez]], who was an MIT professor, established a $500,000 fund to
+Luis de Florez was from New York City.  De Florez attended MIT, and graduated in 1911 with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering.<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:2000.04.0001&query=keywords%3D%23132 Concise Encyclopedia of Tufts History (ed. Anne Sauer)]</ref> He wrote his thesis on the subject of an aircraft problem, titled "Thrust of Propellers in Flight." The ''Admiral DeFlores Design and Innovation Award'' is named after him, and his son, [[Peter de Florez]], who was an MIT professor, established a $500,000 fund to
-foster and encourage activities related to humor at MIT.<ref>[http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/1990/feb07/22833.html Keyser named de Florez Professor<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The de Florez Prize in Human Engineering was established in 1964 at his bequest.
+foster and encourage activities related to humor at MIT.<ref>[http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/1990/feb07/22833.html Keyser named de Florez Professor]</ref> The de Florez Prize in Human Engineering was established in 1964 at his bequest.
 De Florez worked in the United States Navy as a career officer in World War I. He worked in the aviation section of the Navy and also on the development of refinery technology.
-In the 1930s, De Florez also worked as an engineering consultant for various oil companies. His name is on several patents, including a 1918 U.S. patent (#1,264,374) for a "Liquid prism device"<ref>[http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4953956.html Liquid prism device - Patent 4953956<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> with rigid closed sides which included a system for varying the density of a medium filling the prism and thereby varying the refraction of light waves passing through the prism, and a 1930 Canadian patent for the "cracking and distillation of hydrocarbon oils".<ref>[http://patents.ic.gc.ca/cipo/cpd/en/patent/305942/summary.html CIPO - Patent - 305942<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> During World War II, he gave up his business to help solve the Navy's training problems.
+In the 1930s, De Florez also worked as an engineering consultant for various oil companies. His name is on several patents, including a 1918 U.S. patent (#1,264,374) for a "Liquid prism device"<ref>[http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4953956.html Liquid prism device - Patent 4953956]</ref> with rigid closed sides which included a system for varying the density of a medium filling the prism and thereby varying the refraction of light waves passing through the prism, and a 1930 Canadian patent for the "cracking and distillation of hydrocarbon oils".<ref>[http://patents.ic.gc.ca/cipo/cpd/en/patent/305942/summary.html CIPO - Patent - 305942]</ref> During World War II, he gave up his business to help solve the Navy's training problems.
 ===World War II===
-In 1941, then Commander de Florez visited the [[United Kingdom]] and wrote what would become an influential report on British aircraft simulator techniques. It influenced the establishing of the Special Devices Division of the Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics (what would later become the [[NAWCTSD]]).<ref>[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bleep/SimHist6.html A Brief History of Aircraft Flight Simulation ( Flight Training )<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+In 1941, then Commander de Florez visited the [[United Kingdom]] and wrote what would become an influential report on British aircraft simulator techniques. It influenced the establishing of the Special Devices Division of the Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics (what would later become the [[NAWCTSD]]).<ref>[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bleep/SimHist6.html A Brief History of Aircraft Flight Simulation ( Flight Training )]</ref>
 Later that year, Commander de Florez became head of the new Special Devices Desk in the Engineering Division of the Navy’s Bureau of Aeronautics. De Florez championed the use of "synthetic training devices" and urged the Navy to undertake development of such devices to increase readiness. He also worked on the development of antisubmarine devices. De Florez has been credted with over sixty inventions.
 During World War II, he was subsequently promoted to [[captain (United States)|captain]] and then to Flag rank, becoming a [[rear admiral]] in 1944.
-In 1944, de Florez was awarded the [[Collier Trophy|Robert J. Collier Trophy]] for 1943 for his work in training combat pilots and flight crews through the development of inexpensive synthetic devices.<ref>[http://www.commercemarketplace.com/home/CollectAir/Museum.html museum<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+In 1944, de Florez was awarded the [[Collier Trophy|Robert J. Collier Trophy]] for 1943 for his work in training combat pilots and flight crews through the development of inexpensive synthetic devices.<ref>[http://www.commercemarketplace.com/home/CollectAir/Museum.html museum]</ref>
-De Florez was awarded with the [[Legion of Merit]] in June 1945.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,776021,00.html It's Fun - TIME<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+De Florez was awarded with the [[Legion of Merit]] in June 1945.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,776021,00.html It's Fun - TIME]</ref>
 ===Post-war===
 In 1946, Tufts University awarded de Florez an honorary Doctor of Science degree at commencement.
-Admiral de Florez was the first director of technical research at the [[CIA]]. In 1950, de Florez helped [[Robert Edison Fulton, Jr.|Robert Fulton]] get a contract with the [[Office of Naval Research]] to develop the [[Fulton surface-to-air recovery system]]. In 1954, as the CIA's chairman of research, de Florez argued against reprimanding those responsible for the then-secret but now controversial [[MKULTRA]] L.S.D. research program.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1976/01/11/magazine/760111OLSON.html C.I.A.'s Files on LSD Death Found to be Contradictory<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+Admiral de Florez was the first director of technical research at the [[CIA]]. In 1950, de Florez helped [[Robert Edison Fulton, Jr.|Robert Fulton]] get a contract with the [[Office of Naval Research]] to develop the [[Fulton surface-to-air recovery system]]. In 1954, as the CIA's chairman of research, de Florez argued against reprimanding those responsible for the then-secret but now controversial [[MKULTRA]] L.S.D. research program.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1976/01/11/magazine/760111OLSON.html C.I.A.'s Files on LSD Death Found to be Contradictory]</ref>
-In the mid-1950s, de Florez was the president of the [[Flight Safety Foundation]].  Presented since 1966, the Foundation's ''Admiral Luis de Florez Flight Safety Award'' is named after him.<ref>[http://www.flightsafety.org/adm_luis_award.html Flight Safety Foundation Admiral Luis de Florez Flight Safety Award<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> It recognizes “outstanding individual contributions to aviation safety, through basic design, device or practice.” De Florez established a trust to support the award that provides each recipient with $1,000.
+In the mid-1950s, de Florez was the president of the [[Flight Safety Foundation]].  Presented since 1966, the Foundation's ''Admiral Luis de Florez Flight Safety Award'' is named after him.<ref>[http://www.flightsafety.org/adm_luis_award.html Flight Safety Foundation Admiral Luis de Florez Flight Safety Award]</ref> It recognizes “outstanding individual contributions to aviation safety, through basic design, device or practice.” De Florez established a trust to support the award that provides each recipient with $1,000.
-De Florez worked as an aide to Navy Vice Admiral Bowen, Director of ORI (later named [[Office of Naval Research|ONR]]) in the 1970s.<ref>[http://www.nrao.edu/archives/Ewen/ewen_cyclotron.shtml Doc Ewen: The Horn, HI, and Other Events in US Radio Astronomy<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+De Florez worked as an aide to Navy Vice Admiral Bowen, Director of ORI (later named [[Office of Naval Research|ONR]]) in the 1970s.<ref>[http://www.nrao.edu/archives/Ewen/ewen_cyclotron.shtml Doc Ewen: The Horn, HI, and Other Events in US Radio Astronomy]</ref>
+He also once served as a director of Douglas Aircraft Corp.
+Luis de Florez died in November 1962,<ref>[http://www.earlyaviators.com/edeflore.htm Luis deFlorez]</ref> at the age of 73<ref name=autogenerated1 /> in the cockpit of his airplane, which was ready for take-off at a Connecticut airport.  The main building complex at the [[Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division]], Naval Support Activity Orlando, Florida, is named in his honor.
-He also once served as a director of [[Douglas Aircraft]] Corp.
-Luis de Florez died in November 1962,<ref>[http://www.earlyaviators.com/edeflore.htm Luis deFlorez<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> at the age of 73<ref name=autogenerated1 /> in the cockpit of his airplane, which was ready for take-off at a Connecticut airport.  The main building complex at the [[Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division]], Naval Support Activity [[Orlando, Florida]], is named in his honor.
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Luis de Florez
Commander Luis de Florez
Born	(1889-03-04)March 4, 1889
Died	November 1962 (aged 73)
Place of birth	New York City
Place of death	Connecticut
Allegiance	USA
Service/branch	United States Navy
Rank	Rear Admiral
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Legion of Merit