History of Dynamic Science, Inc.
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
| 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 changes 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., owned by Ralph Rockow, purchases DSI in October 1982. |
*Click here for more information on Hugh DeHaven |
