Bertram Raoul Bulkin was an American aeronautical engineer who participated in the first U.S. photoreconnaissance satellite programs and is best known for his role in building the Hubble Space Telescope.
Bulkin was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of David Bulkin and Anne Clara Strauss, both immigrants. He was named after Berel Reven Bulkin, a paternal uncle from the Kiev area of Ukraine. After a brief stint in Springfield, Massachusetts, he returned to Brooklyn, where he attended P.S. 197, an elementary school. Bulkin was graduated from John Marshall High School in 1946 at age 16. He then attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering. During his time at UCLA, he took a summer job with what was then called Lockheeds Advanced Development Projects facility, also known as the Skunk Works, located in Burbank, California.
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