now bears his name, as does an office and lab space on the campus. References Notes Citations Bibliography Barron, James. "Leroy Grumman, The Builder of Aeronautics Giant, Dies." The New York Times, 5 October 1982, p. D25. Retrieved: 20 March 2009. Ferguson, Robert G. "One Thousand Planes a Day: Ford, Grumman, General Motors and the Arsenal of Democracy." History and Technology, Volume 21, Issue 2, 2005. Fetherston, Drew. "Pioneers on the Runway: Raising Grumman." LI History.com, Grumman Park. Retrieved: 18 March 2009. Kessler, Pamela. "Leroy Grumman, Sky King." The Washington Post (Weekend), 11 October 1985. O'Leary, Michael, ed. "Leroy Grumman." Air Classics, Volume 19, no. 2, February 1983, pp. 27–29. Skurla, George M. and William H. Gregory. Inside the Iron Works: How Grumman's Glory Days Faded. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2004. . Tillman, Barrett. Hellcat: The F6F in World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2001. . Thruelsen, Richard. The Grumman Story. New York: Praeger Publishers, Inc., 1976. . Treadwell, Terry. Ironworks: Grumman's Fighting Aeroplanes. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishers, 1990. . External links Cradle of Aviation Museum site: includes two photographs of Leroy Grumman Leroy Grumman at Find a Grave Biography of Leroy Grumman from Grumman Corporation 1895 births 1982 deaths People from Huntington, New York American aerospace engineers Aircraft designers American test pilots Aviators from New York (state) Burials at Locust Valley Cemetery Businesspeople in aviation Cornell University College of Engineering alumni Medal for Merit recipients National Aviation Hall of Fame inductees United States Navy officers People from Plandome Manor, New York Engineers from New York (state) Military personnel from New York (state) 20th-century American engineers 20th-century American inventors