Remembering "The Colonel" - Howard Kuhn of CMR . . .

Howard Kuhn was a Model Rocketry "Icon", particularly in Competition Rocketry . . . He passed away on June 23, 2010.

Dave F.

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R.I.P. "Colonel" Kuhn . . .

Dave F.

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I called Howard Kuhn to ask him about some of his models and ideas in the early 2000's and he was in his 80's by then and very hard of hearing such, that the few questions I asked him was relayed thru his wife. I know he was in his late 40's by the time he came to Model Rocketry. Not that late 40's is old; it's young to me now that I'm 65!

Does anybody know anything about his military career? I assume his military service was in the Army?

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Actually, I never saw Howard Kuhn's obituary . . . Does anyone have a link to it ?

Thanks,

Dave F.

His son created a web site with some neat pics and stories. It is gone, but I found a hit on the wayback machine. the picture gallery didn't work, but blog page worked for me
Howard Kuhn Model Rocket Museum

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I found this, oddly enough, right here:

https://www.oldrocketforum.com/showthread.php?t=5487


Here's his wife's obituary from 2009:

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/w...n&pid=124133671


From poster Guy Noir over on That Other Forum:

"Col. Howard Kuhn, longtime NAR member and former owner of Competition Model Rockets (CMR) pass away on Wednesday, June 23, 2010."

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Thanks for the info, Jay . . .

His wife's obituary indicates that he was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army, probably served in WWII and Korea . . . Perhaps Vietnam, too, since he was born in 1921.

Dave F.

I worked for Howard for a time at CMR in the mid to late 70's so I got to here his war stories, Yes he was an engineer for the Army and served time In Korea during the Korean Way. He was also stationed at Ft. Belvoir, which is how he ended up in Alexandria, VA