Rose Worobel

[kolibri282]

Recently I came across some outstanding reports:
http://www.rotaryforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32778
http://www.rotaryforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32774
which are quite impressive works of engineering in themselfs but when I tried to find out a bit more I saw this:
Today, 52 years to the day after founding Kaman Corp., Charles H. Kaman will join the ranks of Igor Sikorksy and Charles Lindbergh as a recipient of the prestigious Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy.

Kaman will be feted tonight during a black-tie dinner in Washington.

On hand for the occasion will be Leon Herbert and Rose Worobel, co-workers of Kaman's at Hamilton Standard in 1945. They provided the initial capital for the company: $2,000. Kaman's contribution was a few thousand dollars worth of machinery.

from here:
http://articles.courant.com/1997-12-12/business/9712120227_1_kaman-corp-new-year-national-aeronautic-association

This quote seems to indicate that she was one of two persons who helped Kaman to get under way, does anyone know a bit more about this and that astounding woman behind it:
http://www.reuther.wayne.edu/node/1937
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19570219&id=_7YwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=O4oDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2788,3049056

PS: used the inflation calculator below to find that $ 1000.00 in 1947 today would be about $ 10200.00...
http://www.dollartimes.com/calculators/inflation.htm

[Rotor Rooter]

One of Charles Kaman's books [KAMAN - Our early years] lists and gives thanks to approximately 1,000 employees of the Kaman Corporation that were hired between the first flight and 1951. Rose Worobel's name was not mentioned but there was one 'Rose' one 'Rosemary' and one 'Rosemarie'. All had different last names.

The article says "co-workers of Kaman's at Hamilton Standard in 1945" so It appears that the three worked together at United Technologies, as did Igor Sikorsky.

In his book, Charles Kaman says "Warnings aside, Kaman Aircraft Corporation, born on December 12, 1945 was equipped with a few ideas about rotary-wing aircraft, $5,000 worth of laboratory rigs and hardware, and initial financing by two close friends, who put up $1,000 cash each."


Here is a somewhat related thread on Rotary Wing Forum; Comments about Charlie Kaman (http://www.rotaryforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29268)


Dave