Bronze and dark brown circular medal. Engraved in high relief on the face of the medal is the logo and name of the University of Michigan Aerospace Engineering department. There are no additional design elements to the back of medal.
Photograph of William P. Lear and Wilbur Nelson seated in an experimental helicopter at the University of Michigan, circa 1960s. Inscription on verso: "WPL, Wilbur Nelson & experimental helicopter at Univ. of Michigan."
Items from Box 165, Folders 4-5 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, 1951. Contains materials related to William P. Lear's honorary doctorate of engineering from the University of Michigan. Includes an invitation, program, correspondence,…