Background
Whitehair, Chester Louis was born on January 28, 1936 in Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States. Son of Berry Morgan and Margaret Beatrice (Fairfax) Whitehair.
Aerospace engineering executive
Whitehair, Chester Louis was born on January 28, 1936 in Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States. Son of Berry Morgan and Margaret Beatrice (Fairfax) Whitehair.
Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, West Virginia University, 1959.
Design engineer various companies, West Virginia, California, 1956—1962. Chief design engineer Metals division Supertemp Corporation, Santa Fe Springs, 1962—1963. Technical, management positions space launch vehicles Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, 1963—1978, principal director inertial upper stage, since 1978.
Served with United States Marine Corps, 1956-1962.
Member of Air Force Association, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Married Mary Kathryn Horsney, August 16, 1958. Children: Anne Michelle, Robert Scott.