AvCir to Exodyne

Hugh DeHaven's appointment as a research associate at the Cornell University Medical College in 1942 soon led to the formation of the Aviation Crash Injury Research group (AvCIR). From this small, pioneering research group has grown a diversified and dynamic technical services company devoted to the same principles of science and safety that Hugh DeHaven embraced nearly a century ago.

From a Crash to a Company

1917—Hugh DeHaven is injured in airplane training flight and begins to research aviation safety.

1937—US Navy asks DeHaven to make its planes safer.

1942—DeHaven becomes research associate at Cornell University Medical College, which leads to formation of Aviation Crash Injury Research group (AvCIR).

1950—Cornell-Guggenheim Aviation Safety Center assumes oversight of AvCIR.

1957—AvCIR moves from New York to Phoenix, Arizona.

1959—Flight Safety Foundation assumes ownership of AvCIR.

1962—By September 1962, AvCIR is operating out of Deer Valley Airport, north of Phoenix.

1963—On 1 May 1963, AvCIR’s name is changed to Aviation Safety Engineering and Research (AvSER).

1968—Dynamic Science, Inc. (DSI), a division of Marshall Industries, purchases AvSER. Ralph Rockow joins DSI.

1972—Ultrasystems, Inc., acquires DSI in March.

1976—Talley Industries, Inc., purchases DSI.

1982—Exodyne, Inc., is founded by Ralph Rockow on 1 July 1982.

1982—Exodyne, Inc., purchases DSI in October 1982.

1985—DSI begins to work with youth as a Department of Labor contractor.

1986—Exodyne, Inc., forms Exodyne Properties, Inc. (EPI) on 1 May 1986 as a real estate management and investment vehicle.

1990—DSI's Dynamic Educational Systems division wins 11 new contracts with the Department of Labor and is incorporated as Dynamic Educational Systems, Inc. (DESI) on 20 September 1990.

2007—Exodyne, Inc., celebrates its 25th anniversary.

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