Background
Vanaman, Arthur William was born on May 9, 1892 in Millville, New Jersey, United States. Son of William Augustus and Mary (Young) Vanaman.
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Vanaman, Arthur William was born on May 9, 1892 in Millville, New Jersey, United States. Son of William Augustus and Mary (Young) Vanaman.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Drexel Institute Technology, 1915; honorary Doctor of Science, Drexel Institute Technology, 1942; student, Postgraduate School of Westinghouse Electric Company, 1915-1916; graduate, Flying School, 1918; graduate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (advanced aeronautical engineering), 1918; graduate, Air Corps Engineering School, 1930; graduate, Air Corps Tactical School, 1935; graduate, Army Industrial College, 1936; graduate, Army War College, 1937.
Promoted through grades to major general, United States Army Air Force, 1944; chief procurement engineering, assistant chief procurement, Air Force, Headquarters Air Service Command, Dayton, Ohio., 1930-1934; air attache, Berlin, 1937-1941; secretary air staff, Headquarters A.A.F., Washington, 1941-1942; commanding general, United States Army Air Force Materiel Center, Wright Field, Ohio., 1942-1943; commanding general, Oklahoma City Air Service Command, Kelly Field, 1944; A-2, Headquarters 8th Air Force, European Theatre of Operations, May-June 1944; prisoner of war, Germany, 1944-1945; deputy chief staff, Prisoner of War Affairs, United States S.T.A.F., France, May-June 1945; commanding general, Mobile Air TEch. Service Command, Brookley Field, Alabama (area command)., 1946-1948; commandant, Industrial College of Armed Forces, Washington, 1948-1952; CG, Sacramento Air Material Area, McClellan Air Force Base, California, 1952-1954; consultant and member technical advising committee, Aerojet General Corporation, 1954-1958; assistant to president, Aerojet General Corporation, from 1958.
Member Army and Navy Club, Columbia Country Club, Del Paso Country Club, Rotary, Masons, Shriners.
Married Blanche V. Garroway, April 6, 1918. Children: Mary McKee (Mistress J. M. O'Gorman), Arthur William.