Background
Parsons, Chauncey Leland was born on February 3, 1919 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Henry Spaulding and Gladys Crosby (McCarthy) Parsons.
Parsons, Chauncey Leland was born on February 3, 1919 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Henry Spaulding and Gladys Crosby (McCarthy) Parsons.
Bachelor of Arts, American University, 1941. Postgraduate U. Maryland., 1946-1949.
Physicist, ship magnetics, United States Navy, Norfolk, Virginia, 1941-1945. Physicist, ship model magnetics United States Naval Ordinance Laboratory, White Oakd, Maryland., 1945-1962. Aerospace engineer, spacecraft magnetics National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland., 1962-1973.
President Burtonsville (Maryland.) Volunteer Fire Department, 1959-1973.
Member American Geophysical Union, American Institute Aeronautics an Astronautics, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Potomac River Power Squadron (commander 1967, United States Power squadron district 5 education officer 1970). Clubs: Rose Haven Yacht (commodore 1969) (Rose Haven, Maryland.).
Married Mabel Eleanor Wright, January 10, 1942. Children: Richard James, John Frederick.