Born: December 26, 1924 New York City, NY
Died: September 2, 2004 Bedford, TX

Education
Bachelor of Aeronautical Engineering
Daniel Guggenheim School of Engineering
New York University 1944

Awards
1997 - Spirit of St. Louis Medal "For the development of automated flight planning which optimizes the selection of flight plans with respect to fuel consumption, flying time, and operating cost, which significantly reduced fuel consumption and improved on-time performance"

Technical Society Memberships:
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Chairman of Technical committee on Aircraft Operations
Society of Automotive Engineers

Professional Career
1984 to 1989 BRANIFF AIRLINES
1949 to 1983 AMERICAN AIRLINES, INCORPORATED
1969 to 1983 Director-Operational Engineering Dallas, TX and New York City
1958 to 1969 Director-Flight Performance New York City
1956 to 1958 Manager-Operational Engineering Tulsa, OK
1954 to 1956 Project Engineer-Operational Engineering Tulsa, OK
1950 to 1954 Assistant Project Engineer New York City
1949 to 1950 Engineer-Aircraft Analysis New York City

1947 to 1949 CHANCE VOUGHT DIVISION, UNITED AIRCRAFT Grand Prairie, TX
Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer
1946 to 1947 REPUBLIC AVIATION CORPORATION Farmingdale, NY
Flight Test Engineer

October 1, 1955 Married LaVerne Dunbar in Tulsa Oklahoma. Raised three sons with his wife LaVerne (James, Douglas, and Kenneth). Greatly enjoyed visiting with relatives and friends often while traveling around the world on business and pleasure. After retiring from the airline business performed volunteer work for a crisis hotline, the American Airlines CR Smith Museum and data analysis for the Arlington, Texas police department. Throughout his life he enjoyed fishing, with the last favorite spot being Lake Texoma fishing for striped bass.