University of Wyoming
Daniel Stephen Halacy (1919-2002) was an author and aviator. After serving in the Army Air Corps during WWII, Halacy entered the field of aircraft construction. He was then drafted into the Korean War where he flew B-29 aircraft and served as an electronics specialist. When the war ended, Halacy and his family moved to Arizona where he attended Phoenix College and Arizona State College and earned degrees in English. Halacy worked as a technical writer for aerospace companies until the early 1960s when he had achieved enough success to become a freelance author. He was the author of 78 works in all. Halacy served as an Arizona state senator from 1967 until 1970. In 1979, he took a job with the Solar Energy Research Institute in Golden Colorado, working there until 1984.
Collection contains three books by Halacy: Copter Cowboy, Father of Supersonic Flight: Theodore von Karman, and 33 Miles a Minute! The Story of Air Transport.
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Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
This material was received from Dan S. Halacy in December 1971.
Daniel S. Halacy, Jr. papers, DG0412, De Grummond Children’s Literature Collection, Joseph Anderson Cook Library, University of Southern Mississippi.
Daniel Halacy collection, 1974-1981, MS MSS 1, Design Library Special Collections, Arizona State University.
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