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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

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MILITARY SERVICE
1952 - Commissioned 2nd Lt AFROTC, and received a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering at Penn State University
1952-1956 U.S. Air Force Active Duty 1st Lt U.S. Air Force, Nellis, AFB, Nevada and 5th Air Force, 36th Fighter Bomber Squadron K-13 AFB, Suwan, Korea. F-86 Sabre Jet Fighter Pilot performed training; advanced gunnery at Nellis AFB. Manned F-86 aircraft on alert status, air to air, air to ground gunnery, and qualified as combat capable 36th Fighter Bomber Squadron. Received the American Defense Medal, United Nations and Korean Service Medals. Rome Air Development Center, Griffiss AFB, New York Project Engineer on the flight test program of the Gilfillan Company’s Automatic Ground Control Approach System.
1962-1981 U.S. Air Force Reserves Captain to Lt Colonel, Aeronautical Systems Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. Project Leader, for the F-16 Systems Program Office, System Configuration Management Division received the Air Force Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Air Force Meritorious Service Medal. Completed the Command and Staff Course in 1977. Completed the Air War College, Air University Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, Alabama in 1979.
1982-1985 U.S. Air Force Reserves Colonel, 6940th Electronic Security Wing, Electronic Security Command, Ft George G. Meade, Maryland. As Chief of the Senior Officer Board was instrumental in establishing broad policy changes on how the reserve forces are employed at the National Security Agency (NSA). Developed 6 initiatives that enhanced recruitment, training, and motivation for retention of highly qualified critical skill reservists. Received the Air Force Meritorious Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster.
1968-2003 U.S. Air Force Academy, part of the 27th Congressional District, Pittsburgh, PA. Deputy Liaison Officer Coordinator hired, trained and supervised 9 Air Force Admission Liaison Officers (ALOs). The ALOs counseled and evaluated High School students as candidates for the U.S. Air Force Academy. Received the Outstanding Deputy Liaison Office Coordinator Award in the Northeastern United States in 1976. Received the Air Force Commendation Medal in 1978. Received the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Silver Oak Leaf Cluster from the U.S. Air Force Academy Director of Admissions Office. Received the Lt Gen Kenneth Tallman 30 year pin. Received from the U.S. Air Force Academy, Director of Admissions Office the 2002 Lifetime Achievement Award.
CIVILIAN SERVICE
1956-1982 Senior Reliability Engineer and Project Engineer for Various Defense and Nuclear Power Plant Companies.
1956-1958 Convair Aircraft Company, San Diego, CA Flight Test Engineer. Prepared flight test program plans on the F-106B Fighter Aircraft Program for various tests to check out and resolve aircraft system problems. Typical test plans were: engine noise test during flame out, tip tank drop test, vertical instrument display, and fire control system tests. Utilized an instrument package that was favorable to weight, balance and installation than others previously used.
1958-1963 Martin Marietta Corporation, Orlando, Florida Senior Engineer. Prepared on the Pershing Ballistic System an overall environmental specification that resulted in a large environmental test program. Established and chaired a failure analysis committee. Prepared numerous system design analysis reports. Received two significant incident reports. Solved an under capacity cooling system problem of the Pershing ballistic missile guidance and control compartment. Also, discovered and solved a structural problem while transporting the Pershing Missile System by rail.
1964-1967 Bell Aerospace Corporation Buffalo, New York Senior Engineer. Predicted the failure rates of components using Bayesian statistics for the Minuteman Post Boost Propulsion System. As a result the company obtained an additional component reliability test program.
1967-1970 General Electric Corporation, Valley Forge, PA Supervising Engineer. Task Leader, Reliability and Engineering Test, prepared the document describing the Reliability functions in the Program Plan. Established the failure reporting and corrective action system. Hired, trained and supervised 7 electrical and mechanical engineers. They performed failure reporting and corrective action to prevent recurrence of failures on the production of the Minuteman fuse. Many failure analysis reports were prepared.
1970-1972 Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA Senior Engineer. Prepared reactor power plant operating manuals for the aircraft carrier Nimitz and Eisenhower. Prepared operating instructions for the Valve Operating System. Provided an original method of restoring equipment to operating condition by use of the fuse.
1972-1975 Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA Senior Quality Assurance Engineer. Helped to establish an industry-wide Nuclear Power Plant Reliability Data Base as the sole Westinghouse representative on the Edison Electric Institute N18-20 Committee. Helped to prepare the Westinghouse Report 8383, “Failure Rate Data for Selected Nuclear Steam Supply System Components”.
1975-1982 Duquesne Light Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA Power Plant Project Engineer. Responsible for system development from the initial specification through installation and licensing of numerous nuclear power plant systems. Was responsible for probability studies by a consultant. Was a project engineer for the NSSS Over Pressure Protection System. Was instrumental in having the contractor prepare the technical information for establishing the valve set point for all industry wide power plants. The Beaver Valley nuclear power plant was licensed on schedule.
FEDERAL SERVICE
1982-1998 Program Manager National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS), Ft. George G. Meade, MD
1982-1986 NSA/CSS Reliability and Maintainability Branch Chief. Prepared, in support of assigned project, Request for Proposals and Statement of Work. Evaluated Proposals and monitored contractors’ activities during tests. Provided support on a Reliability Burn-in Test for the Navy. The contract was completed on schedule.
1986-1993 NSA/CSS Independent Research and Development (IR&D) Program Manager. Established an IR&D Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in the architecture of the Agency. Engineers and scientists can now discuss and/or transmit classified information to the contractor at no cost to NSA. Established an R Regulation 80-2, “Memorandum of Understanding” to provide legal authority for the MOU concept. Developed an MOU Procedure document, a Company Procedures document, and Brochure. MOU Managers can focus company IR&D technology on NSA anticipated needs. As Technical Director for the Research & Engineering Industrial Symposium (REIS), prepared the NSA Deputy Director’s Key Note Speech. Made a presentation on NSA IR&D and MOU activities at NSA in the Auditorium to 400 company attendees.
1993-1995 NSA/CSS Domestic Technology Transfer Program (DTTP) Assistant Program Manager. Established the DDTP in the architecture of the Agency. Established and chaired a DTTP Working Group consisting of members from all key components and the General Counsel. The Working Group presented a draft NSA/CSS Regulation to the Board of Directors in four months, virtually an unprecedented accomplishment at NSA. Subsequently the Working Group obtained a charter from the Director NSA. Prepared an extensive Bibliography of documents related the DTTP and the Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA). This Bibliography was extremely useful to the Working Group in its brainstorming technique. Prepared a DTTP Handbook use to train NSA engineers and scientists on its use and the procedures for the CRADA. U.S. competitiveness in global markets will be improved, and jobs will be created for U.S. Request citizens.
1995-1998 NSA/CSS Resources, Management and Reporting Manager. Prepared accurate Purchase Requests (PR’s) on a computer software program and associated procurement documents. Purchased hardware, software, and parts received by the SIGINT Automation Research Center (SARC) in a timely manner. Prepared SARC PR budget balances, and reported budget progress to the Chief of R06 monthly. Tracked SARC funds expenditure rates of technical support contracts. Notified Chief R06 of anomalies and projected fund depletion dates and document status monthly.