published one of his residences, reporting that "Airplane Designer Rents Apartment: Major Seversky One Of Seven New Tenants in 40 Central Park South." Seversky was a founder and trustee of the New York Institute of Technology, which in 1972 acquired an elegant mansion originally built by Alfred I. du Pont. It was renamed "The DeSeversky Center" in his honor, and is a popular venue for weddings. Seversky died in 1974 at New York's Memorial Hospital, and was buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. Honors He received the Harmon Trophy in 1939 for advances in aviation. For his work on air power, Seversky received the Medal for Merit in 1945 from President Harry Truman and the Exceptional Service Medal in 1969 in recognition of his service as a special consultant to the Chiefs of Staff of the USAF. In 1970, Seversky was enshrined in the National Aviation Hall of Fame. In 1972, he received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement. Books de Seversky, Alexander P. (1942) Victory Through Air Power, Simon & Schuster, de Seversky, Alexander P. (1950) Air Power: Key to Survival, Simon & Schuster de Seversky, Alexander P. (1961) America: Too Young to Die!, McGraw-Hill Seversky aircraft Before the genesis of the Republic Aircraft Corporation, the Seversky Aircraft Corporation produced the following aircraft, which were all variations on the same theme: Seversky AT-12 Seversky BT-8 Seversky FN Seversky P-35 Seversky XP-41 Seversky 2PA Seversky A8V Seversky SEV-1XP Seversky SEV-3 Seversky EP-106 (Export Pursuit) Seversky Navy Type S Two-Seat Fighter See also Seversky P-35 Republic Aviation Ionocraft References Notes Bibliography Boyne, Walter. "Sever the Sky." Air Classics, Volume 4, no. 3, February 1968. De Seversky, Alexander P. Air Power: Key to Survival. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1950. De Seversky, Alexander P. America: Too Young to Die! New York: McGraw-Hill, 1961. De Seversky, Alexander P. Victory Through Air Power. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1942. Franks, Norman, Russell Guest and Gregory Alegi. Above the War Fronts: The British Two-seater Bomber Pilot and Observer Aces, the British Two-seater Fighter Observer Aces, and the Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Fighter Aces, 1914–1918: Volume 4 of Fighting Airmen of WWI Series: Volume 4 of Air Aces of WWI. London: Grub Street, 1997. . Hucker, Robert. "Seversky: Innovator and Prophet." Air Classics, 20th Anniversary Special Edition 1964–1984, 1984. Watts, Steven. The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American