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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

Honored by:
C. W. Blechschmidt

Graduated from Purdue University with a BS in Aeronautical Engineering, Class of January 1955 (classmate and friend of Neil Armstrong).

Employed by the Martin Company, Middle River, Maryland until December 1968 as a Structural and Dynamic Test Engineer and later as a Human Factors and Life Sciences Test Engineer, working projects on the P6M Seamaster, B-57 special effects test aircraft including participation in Operation Redwing (nuclear testing at Eniwetok), Vanguard and Gemini Launch Vehicles, Nuclear Isotope Generators for auxiliary power applications, and Apollo Lunar Surface Drill. Chief Engineer on early development of Airbag Restraint systems (Stapp 8th and 9th Crash Conference Proceedings).

From December 1968 until retirement from the federal government in October 1998 worked in the consumer product safety field, first with the Presidential National Commission on Product Safety, and later holding many key positions with the U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. In retirement continued consulting on product safety problems.