- Rufus Hessberg
Dr. Rufus Hessberg was an
Army Medical Corps doctor duringWorld War II and later was a pioneer aeromedical scientist. He served as an early instructor at theAir Rescue Specialists Course atGunter AFB ,Alabama in 1949, teaching some of the Air Force's first Pararescuemen. He went on to head the animal research group forProject Mercury . He served for several years as an Executive Vice President of theAerospace Medical Association before retiring in 1991.
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