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    Wall of Honor Level:
    Air and Space Friend

    Honored by:
    Ms. Betty Zeitler

    From Who's Who in America 55th Edition, 2001, Marquis Who's Who
    Zeitler, Bill Lorenz, aviation space shuttle system engineer; born in Columbus, Ohio, July 14,1920; son of Walter Andrew and Naomi Lee (Limes) Zeitler; married Betty Eileen Thomas, Nov. 8,1942; children: Eddie, and Naomi Lawrence.

    BSCE, California State University, Long Beach, 1965. Certified vocational teacher, California Loftsman Curtiss Wright Corporation, Columbus, 1941-44, 45; linesman Lockheed Corporation, Burbank, California, 1946; linesman North American Rockwell and Boeing-North America (and predecessor firms), Inglewood, California, 1946-58, airframe designer, 1958-62, supr. engineering. coll. unit, 1962-65, project engineer, life sciences, health care delivery system, 1965-68; project director, health care delivery system. North American Rockwell and Boeing-North America (and predecessor firms), Princeton, West Virginia, 1968-69; member tech. staff North American Rockwell and Boeing-North America (and predecessor firms), Downey, California, 1969-85, project engineer, space shuttle design, 1971-75, shuttle alignment and mating, 1975-77, space shuttle design support extravehicular stowage/testing, 1978-85 retired, 1985.

    Member Space Shuttle Speakers. Bur. Instr. 55 Alive-mature driving classes; former president Big Bear Valley Sr. Citizens; member Annual Mayor's Prayer Breakfast Committee, Big Bear Lake, California.; former chairperson Living Forest Task Force, Friends of Moonridge Zoo; Board of Directors, Senior Center; member Citizens Adv. Com. Big Bear Mcpl. Water Dist.; member Erwin Lakes Home Owners Association. Member AIAA, National Space Inst., National Geographic Society, Smith Instn. Associates, Boeing-North America Management Club, Toastmasters, Kiwanis.

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