Background
Millsaps, Knox was born on September 10, 1921 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Knox Taylor and Millie Mae (Joyce) Millsaps.
Millsaps, Knox was born on September 10, 1921 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Knox Taylor and Millie Mae (Joyce) Millsaps.
Bachelor, Auburn University, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute of Technology, 1943.
Associate professor aeronautical engineering Ohio State University, Columbus, 1946-1948. Mathematician Office Air Research, 1948-1949. Professor physics Auburn (Alabama) University, 1949-1950, 51-52.
Research physicist Flight Research Laboratory, Wright Air Development Center, 1950-1951. Chief mathematician Aeronautical Research Laboratory, 1952-1955. Professor mechanical engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1955-1956.
Chief science Air Force Missile Development Center, 1955-1960. Executive director Air Force Office Science Research, 1960-1963. Research professor aerospace engineering University Florida, Gainesville, 1963-1968, chairman department engineering science, 1973-1986, professor engineering science, from 1986.
Head professor mechanical engineering Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 1968-1973.
Member American Physical Society, American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American, Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Society Engineering Science, American Institute Aeronautics an Astronautics, Sigma Xi. Clubs: Cosmos, Gainesville Golf and Country.
Gardening, crinums, camellias.
Married Lorraine Marie Hartle, June 12, 1956 (divorced November 1980). Children: Melinda Marie, Mary Charmaine, Catherine Marie, Knox Taylor.