Background
Sherwood, Aaron Wiley was born on January 13, 1915 in St. Louis. Son of Charles Vliet and Amelia Pauline (Kappler) Sherwood.
Sherwood, Aaron Wiley was born on January 13, 1915 in St. Louis. Son of Charles Vliet and Amelia Pauline (Kappler) Sherwood.
Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1935; Master of Sciences, University Maryland., 1943.
Experimental engineer, Wallace & Tiernan Company, Inc., 1936-1938; development engineer, Association Engineering, 1938-1939; layout engineer, Glenn L. Martin Company, 1939-1940; instructor, U. Maryland., 1940-1944; aero project engineer, David Taylor Model Basin, 1944-1946; professor aerodynamics, David Taylor Model Basin, since 1946; acting head department aero engineering, David Taylor Model Basin, 1950-1958; head department aerospace engineering, David Taylor Model Basin, 1958-1967; professor department aerospace engineering, David Taylor Model Basin, 1967-1977. In charge wind tunnel laboratory Glenn L. Martin Institute Technology, 1946-1955. Owner, engineering consultant Aerolab.
Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (chairman Washington section 1954-1955). Member American Institute Aeros and Astronautics (section chairman), American Society Engineering Education, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Kappa Tau.
Married Helene M. Gysin, 1944. Children– Susan Helene, Mark Wiley.