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Father of Modern Fracture Mechanics Dr George R. Irwin (1907-1998) After having received the A.B. in English and Physics from Knox College and the M.A. and Ph. D in Physics from the University of Illinois, George Irwin began his career in 1937, at the U.S. Naval Research Lab (NRL) where he developed several new ballistics research techniques. As a result, the NRL Ballistics Branch, which was headed by Irwin, was able to develop non-metallic armors for fragment protection. These armors received trial use in World War II and extensive use during the Korean and Vietnam Wars. The early years of t