Background
Ursin, Bjarne Elling was born on August 8, 1930 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. Son of Bjarne and Esther (Schiott) Ursin.
manufacturing company executive
Ursin, Bjarne Elling was born on August 8, 1930 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. Son of Bjarne and Esther (Schiott) Ursin.
Student, Oberlin College, 1949—1951. Bachelor of Science in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1957.
Project engineer Raytheon, Andover, Massachusetts, 1957-1960. Principal investigator General Dynamics, San Diego, 1960-1962. Senior scientist Philco-Ford, Newport Beach, California, 1962-1967.
With McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Huntington Beach, California, 1967-1976, senior operations project manager, manager manufacturing, 1967-1976.
Production manager Eldec Corporation, Lynnwood, Washington, 1976-1978. Vice president manufacturing Tata Consultancy Services Incorporated., Redmond, Washington, 1978-1980.
Board director new business Data I/O Corporation, Redmond, 1980-1982. Production manager Atex Incorporated., A Kodak Company, 1982-1983.
Quality assurance systems manager Boeing Electronics Company, Seattle, 1983.
Associate Coldwell Banker Company, 1981-1983, Wallace and Wheeler Realty, 1984. Owner Westechnology, Bellevue, Washington, 1980. Company-owner Lighthouse Interiors, 1982.
Community chairman City of Huntington Beach, 1975-1976.
With Army of the United States, 1951-1953, of Korea.
Member of American Management Association, United States International Sailing Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Member American Association Physics Teachers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology of Puget Sound (board director since 1979), United States Power Squadron, Seattle Yacht, Balboa Bay, Royal Norwegian Yacht (Oslo), Bahia Corinthian Yacht (Corona Del Mar) 1972-1976, (rear commodore 1974, vice commodore 1975, commodore 1976).
Married Mary Elizabeth Locke, July 26, 1969. Children: Stephanie, Lara, Matthew, Jonathan, Teri, Kristian.