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    Wall of Honor Level:
    Air and Space Leader

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    EDUCATION: U of lllinois.-BSAE, U of VA.-MSAE, CA. STATE U.-MBA

    ACCOMPLISHMENTS

    NACA/NASA, 1951-1962
    * One of original 35 members of the Space Task Group.
    * An inventor & patent holder of the Mercury Space Capsule.
    * Led the Project Apollo Spacecraft Configuration Team.
    * Authored over a dozen published NACA/NASA technical reports.

    North American Rockwell, 1962-1982
    * Apollo Program
    o Chief Project Engineer
    o Design Manager, CSM Block 2 Production
    o Assistant Program Manager, Apollo 11 Mission
    * Space Shuttle Program:
    o Chief Program Engineer
    * Sabreliner Business Jet Division
    o President

    McDonnell Douglas, 1984-1996
    * Tomahawk Cruise Missile Division
    o Vice President
    * Delta Launch Vehicle Division
    o Vice President
    * Advanced Programs & Technology Division
    o Vice President

    HONORS
    * Honors from NASA, U of Illinois, Junior Colleges of Illinois
    * California Orange County Engineering Council's Engineer-of-the-Year
    * Elected Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics
    * Elected Fellow, Institute for the Advancement of Engineering
    * Tau Beta Pi -- Engineering honorary society

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