Background
Kaempen, Charles Edward was born on March 10, 1927 in Quincy, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles Herman and Margo (Gochicoa) Kaempen.
Kaempen, Charles Edward was born on March 10, 1927 in Quincy, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles Herman and Margo (Gochicoa) Kaempen.
Bachelor of Science in Aeron. Engineering, University Illinois, Urbana, 1950. Doctor of Science in Astronautics, International Academy Astronautics, Paris, 1964.
Senior designer Saab Aircraft Company, Linkôping, Sweden, 1950-1952. Design analyst Sikorsky Helicopter United Aircraft, Stratford, Connecticut, 1952-1956. Space mission analyst Missle division North America Rockwell, Downey, California, 1957-1960.
Staff scientist Hughes Aircraft, Fullerton, 1961-1963. Lunar systems analyst Northrop Space Laboratory, Hawthorne, 1963-1964. President American Space Transport Company, Tustin, 1964-1966.
Transport systems analyst Dashaveyor Company, Venice, 1966-1967. President Kaempen & Associates, Orange, 1967-1968. Senior research engineer Baker Oil Tools Inc., Los Angeles, 1968-1969.
President Kaempen Industries, Inc., Santa Ana, California, 1969-1982, Kaempen & Associates, from 1982. President, Chief Executive Officer Kaempen Composite Products, Inc., 1996-2000. President Kaempen Corporation, Inc., from 2000.
With United States Army, 1944-1947. Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society for Testing and Materials, National Society of Professional Engineers, Society Aerospace Materials and Process Engineering, Society Plastics Industry, Masons.
Married Inger Margareta Nystrom, August 5, 1951. Children: Charles Robert, Donald Michael, Annette Earline, Laura Inger.