Background
Parr, Charles Howard was born on May 28, 1930 in Lafayette, Georgia, United States. Son of Robert Clifford Senior and Minnie Marie (Hurston) Parr.
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Charles Howard Parr
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Charles Howard Parr, American Mechanical engineer, researcher. Achievements include patent of Flexible Coupling; development and first application of finite element analysis methods to mechanics of solid propellant rocket motors; design of innovative fabrication processand design methodology for flexible composite structures.
M C. California Institute Technology fellow, 1964.
Education
Bachelor in Mech. Engineering, Georgia Institute Technology, 1954; Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute Technology, 1956.
Career
Research engineer, Rohm and Haas Company, Huntsville, Alabama, 1954-1960; leader applied mechanics group, Rohm and Haas Company, Huntsville, Alabama, 1960-1968; head engineering research section, Rohm and Haas Company, Huntsville, Alabama, 1968-1971; manager R & D department, Lord Corporation, Erie, Pennsylvania, 1972-1982; manager polymer engineering section, S.W. Research Institute, San Antonio, 1982-1987; manager applied mechanics section, S.W. Research Institute, San Antonio, 1988-1989; manager polymers and composites section, S.W. Research Institute, San Antonio, 1989-1992; retired, S.W. Research Institute, San Antonio, 1992. Invited lecturer Instituto Technologico y De Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico, 1988. Co-founder Southeastern Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate). Member American Society for Composites, American Academy Mechanices, Society Plastics Engineers.
Connections
Married Betty Jane White, February 14, 1953. Children: John Robert, Douglas Hunter.
