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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

Honored by:

HAVING A Father AND MOTHER IN THE NEWSPAPER OPERATING BUSINESS WITH MY START with my start AVIATION AND SPACE BUSINESS BEGAN AT A VERY EARLY AGE. MY PARENTS WERE COVERING THE ARRIVAL OF CHARLES AND MRS ANN LINDBERGH "AT"THE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WICHITA KANSAS, ENAMOURED MY LOVE FOR AIRPLANES AND FLIGHT IN GENERAL.
Having GROWN UP IN AN AREA WHERE AVIATION IS THE DOMINATE WICHITa AND surrouNDING AREAS WHERE IT WAS KNOWN AS THE AIR CAPITOL OF THE WORLD. Employment WAS FULFILLED BY CESSNA, STEARMAN, TRAVELAIRE(BEECH AIRCRAFT), SWALLow and others. WHICH KEPT THE HEADLINES HUMMING. BOEING PURCHASED STEARMAN AND MY LIFETIME EXPERIENCES & AVOCATION (THRU EMPLOYMENT BY BOEING,AND BEECH)WAS
assured.
It began IN TOOLING AT BOEING(WARTIME SUMMER EMPLOYMENT)WITH MANY YEARS FOLLOW!
Experieces IN PLANNING, ENGINEERING ETC. EXCEPT FORthe TIME SERVED DURING
World WAR 2 IN THE U.S. NAVY ABOARD THE BATTLESHIP U. S.S.IDAHO(BB42), MY YEARS
IN THE AVIATION BUSINESS GAVE ME EARLY TOUCHES WITH AEROSPACE AT BOEING, SEATT|
'WA. WHEN THE FIRE OCCURRED AT CAPE KENNEDY I WAS fortunate TO BE INVOLVED IN The
HOUSTON MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER WORKING WITH THE ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT OF THE
COMMAND & SERVICE MODULE FOR -THE LUNAR FLIGHTS -AND DURING THE- TWELVE YEARS TENure
that FOLLOWED I HAD THE PLEASURE OF INTERFACING WITH THE ASTRONAUTS AND UPPER
MaNAGEMENt Of THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMlNISTRATION ACROSS and AROund
the COUNTRY. DURING THAT TIME I HAD THE PLEASURE OF INTERFACING WITH DONALD "DEI SLAYTON, AND THE ASTrONAUT CORPS, wITH THIS SEGMENT_I BECAME ACQUAINTED(APOLLO l| AND 17)"WITH EUGENE CERNAN.
FOLLOWING THE SPACE PROGRAM I RETURNED to BOEING in ElECTRONlCS ENGINEERiNG subsequently to contract management until retirement in 1987. "