Richard G. Folsom
AMERICAN MECHANICAL ENGINEER, PRESIDENT OF RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
Richard Folsom; Richard Gilman Folsom
Richard Gilman Folsom (1907 – 1996) was an American mechanical engineer, professor of mechanical engineering at the University of California at Berkeley, and the twelfth president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He also known as the 91st president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in the year 1972–73.