Background
Wennerstrom, Arthur John was born on January 11, 1935 in New York City. Son of Albert Eugene and Adele (Trebus) Wennerstrom.
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Arthur John Wennerstrom
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Bachelor of Science in Mech. Engineering, Duke U., 1956; Master of Science in Aero. Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1958; Doctor of Science of Technology, Swiss Federation Institute Technology, Zurich, 1965.
Career
Senior engineer, Aircraft Armaments, Inc., Cockeysville, Maryland., 1958-1959; research engineer, Sulzer Brothers, Ltd., Winterthur, Switzerland, 1960-1962; project engineer, Northern Research and Engineering Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1965-1967; research leader, Air Force Aerospace Research Laboratory, Dayton, Ohio., 1967-1975; research leader, Air Force Aero Propulsion Laboratory, Dayton, 1975-1991; director, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Advisory Group for Aerospace R & D, Paris, 1991-1994; engineering consultant, Hillsborough, North Carolina, 1994-1995; engineering consultant, Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, since 1995. Member technical advising committee, von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Rhode-St-Genese, Belgium, 1988-1994, board directors. Lecturer in field.
Achievements
Membership
First lieutenant, United States Air Force, 1962-1965. Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate editor 1980-1982, Air Breathing Propulsion award 1979), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (chairman turbomachinery committee gas turbine division 1973-1975, mem.exec. committee 1977-1982, chairman 1980-1981, program chairman international gas turbine conference 1976, Beijing international gas turbine symposium 1985, member of national nominating committee 1985-1987, member TOPC board on research 1985-1988, member-at-large energy conversion group 1986-1988, member board committee 1989-1991, editor Journal Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power 1983-1988, Chairman of the Board editors 1989-1991, founder, editor Journal Turbomachinery 1986-1988, member international advising committee 1995-1996, R. Tom Sawyer award 1993).
Connections
Married Bonita Gay Westenberg, September 6, 1969 (divorced January 1989). Children: Bjorn Erik, Erika Lindsay. Married Vicki Lynn Merrick, February 17, 1990.
