John Alexander Hope (Kim) Bailie (1929-2008) was a world authority on the structural dynamics of submarine-launched ballistic rockets.
Bailie was born in Johannesburg on 2 February 1929, he grew up in Bathurst, Eastern Cape and went to St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown and was in Armstrong House from 1943 to 1946).
in engineering mechanics and a PhD in aeronautics and astronautics, both from Stanford University.
[2] His outstanding achievements in his field included the structures of the Trident and Polaris ballistic missiles.
In retirement he helped to restore vintage aircraft at the Hiller Aviation Museum near Palo Alto, He also built houses for Habitat for Humanity.