Date of birth: 30 Nov 1926
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• 1st Lieut. Sons of the American Legion 1935
• Patrol Leader Boy Scouts of America 1939
• American Legion School Award 1940
• Class President Junior Highschool & Highschool 1939-43
• Senior Patrol Leader Boy Scouts & Explorer Scouts 1940-44
• Graduated Highschool P. K. Yonge Laboratory School 1943
• Crew leader for USDA fire fighters in Oregon 1943
• Eagle Scout 1943
• Elected to Phi Eta Sigma Univ. of Florida 1944
• Member American Society of Mechanical Engineering 1944
• Elected to Tau Beta Pi, WPI 1945
• Elected Associate Member Sigma Xi, WPI 1945
• BSME Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1946
• U.S. Naval Reserve Officer 1946-56
• Chief Engineer USS PC-1077, Ludington 1946
• Commanding Officer USS PC-1077, Ludington 1946-47 at age 19
• First Lieutenant USS DE-168, Amick 1947
• Prelim design of gas turbine & liquid rocket engines for P & W Aircraft 1948-58
• Married 1948 - present, raised four sons
• Member American Rocket Society circa 1957
• MSME Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1957
• Propulsion engineer for Polaris, Poseidon & Trident missiles, Lockheed 1958-91
• Chair Board of Deacons, Presbyterian Church, 1960-65
• Associate fellow AIAA circa 1965
• Chief Engineer Lockheed Reps. at Hercules Powder Co., Utah 1965-68
• Member Armed Forces Explosives Safety Board 1965-68
• Adult leader Boy Scouts & YMCA 1965-85
• Member AIAA Solid Rocket Technical Committee 1969-74
• Elected to Sigma Xi, Stanford circa 1985
• Semi-professional genealogist 1952-present

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