Background
Coppa, Anthony Patrick was born on March 22, 1927 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Nicola and Felicia (Migliaccio) Coppa.
Coppa, Anthony Patrick was born on March 22, 1927 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Nicola and Felicia (Migliaccio) Coppa.
Biomedical Engineering, Villanova University, 1948. Master of Science in Engineering Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania, 1959, postgraduate, 1959-1962.
Mechanical development engineer Westinghouse Electric Corporation, 1949—1956. Engineer General Electric Missile and Space Division General Electric Company, 1956—1959. Research engineer General Electric Space Sciences Laboratory, 1959—1967, consultant engineer structural system and materials, 1967—1981.
Consultant rotor blade containment General Electric Aircraft Engine Group, 1967—1978. Consultant Louis I. Kahn, Architect, 1968—1970, General Electric Corporation Research and Development Laboratory, 1975. Program manager Flywheel Rotor and Containment, 1979—1983.
Technical staff engineer General Electric Space Division, 1981—1992. With United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946.
Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Men Malvern, National Geography Society, Elfun Society, International Association Shell Structures.
Married Mary Concetta Cimorelli, July 4, 1952. Children: Loretta, Clare, Nicholas, Anthony, Mary Ann, Joan, Jean, Felicia, David, Justin.