Alexander George Tsongas

Background

Tsongas, Alexander George was born on January 2, 1905 in Karditsa, Thessaly, Greece. Arrived in United States, 1916, naturalized, 1927. Son of George K. and Basiliki (Balafas) Tsongas.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1928.

Career

Junior aeronautical engineer United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, 1928—1929. Assistant chief engineer Moth Aircraft, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1929—1930. Chief technical section Curtiss Robertson Airplane Company, St. Louis, 1930.

Structures engineer Curtiss Airplane Company, Buffalo, 1933—1935. Chief engineer Howard Aircraft, Chicago, 1935—1936. Assistant chief engineer, chief engineer Stinson Aircraft, Wayne, Michigan, 1939—1945.

Project coordinator, dynamics engineer Consolidated Vultee, San Diego, 1945—1950. Structures project engineer Grumman Aircraft Company (now Grumman Aerospace Corporation), Bethpage, New York, 1950—1970, structural consultant, 1974—1980, general researcher, from 1980.

Achievements

• Alexander George Tsongas has been listed as a noteworthy aerospace engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Hellenic University and Cultural Society Long Island.

Connections

Married Bertha Roussos Tsongas, July 5, 1936. Children: George, Mary, Theodora, Katherine.

Father:

George K. Tsongas

Mother:

Basiliki (Balafas) Tsongas

Spouse:

Bertha Roussos Tsongas

child:

Theodora Tsongas

child:

Katherine Tsongas

child:

George Tsongas

child:

Mary Tsongas