Background
Leeper, Charles Kendal was born on June 20, 1923 in DeQueen, Arkansas, United States. Son of John Cleveland and Cadenza Vae (Winters) Leeper.
Leeper, Charles Kendal was born on June 20, 1923 in DeQueen, Arkansas, United States. Son of John Cleveland and Cadenza Vae (Winters) Leeper.
Biomedical Engineering, University Texas, 1944. Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1948. Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1954.
Junior engineer, American Manufacturing Company Texas, Fort Worth, 1944-1945;
Junior engineer, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Silver Spring, Maryland., 1945-1946;
research assistant, instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1946-1954;
senior engineer, design manager, development manager, Nuclear Development Associates, White Plains, New York, 1954-1959;
division director, Atlantic Research Corporation, Alexandria, Virginia, 1960-1963;
also consultant. Member technical staff, manager engineering, Aerojet Liquid Rocket Company, Sacramento, 1963-1969;
vice president, technical director, Aerojet Nuclear Systems Company, Sacramento, 1969-1971;
assistant general manager research and engineering, president, general manager, Aerojet Nuclear Company, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho Falls, 1971-1976;
vice president engineering, C-E Air Preheater Combustion Engineering Company, Wellsville, New York, 1977-1979;
vice president corporation technical, Combustion Engineering Corporation, Stamford, Connecticut, 1979-1986;
president, Kenlee Enterprises, Stephens City, Virginia, since 1986. Past chair emeriti committee Industrial Research Institute.
Advisory boards Jet Propulsion Laboratory Industry Applications Center, International Institute Applied Systems Analysis, Conference Board Research and Development Planning, Office Competetive Technology State of California, Small Business Innovation Research Industry Panel National Science Foundation, Advanced Technology Program IndustryPanel, National Institute for Standards and Technology.
Member president' advisory council Shenandoah University Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1944. Fellow New York Academy of Sciences. Associate fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Connecticut Academy of Sciences and Engineering, Virginia Academy of Sciences, American Nuclear Society, Combustion Institute, Royal Astronomical Society (Canada), Sigma Xi.
Married Mavourneen Anne Byrns, July 26, 1974. Children by previous marriages: David Scott, Gregory Kevin, Rebecca Jeanean.