Background
Newberry, Conrad Floyde was born on November 10, 1931 in Neodesha, Kansas, United States. Son of Ragan McGregor and Audra Anitia (Newmaster) Newberry.
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Conrad Floyde Newberry
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Education
Associate of Arts, Independence Junior College, Kansas, 1951. BEME with aeronautical sequence, University Southern California, Los Angeles, 1957. Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, California State University, Los Angeles, 1971.
Master of Arts in Education, California State University, Los Angeles, 1974. Doctor in Environmental Science and Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, 1985.
Career
Mathematician, Los Angeles division North America Aviation Inc., 1951-1953; junior engineer, Los Angeles division North America Aviation Inc., 1953-1954; engineer, Los Angeles division North America Aviation Inc., 1954-1957; senior engineer, Los Angeles division North America Aviation Inc., 1957-1964; assistant professor aerospace engineering, California State Polytechnic U., Pomona, 1964-1970; associate professor aerospace engineering, California State Polytechnic U., Pomona, 1970-1975; professor aerospace engineering, California State Polytechnic U., Pomona, 1975-1990; professor emeritus, California State Polytechnic U., Pomona, since 1990; staff engineer, Environmental Protection Agency, 1980-1982; engineering specialist space transportation systems division, Rockwell International Corporation, 1984-1990; professor aeronautics and astronautics, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, since 1990; academic associate space systems engineering, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, 1992-1994.
Achievements
Membership
Member Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District Advisory Board, California, since 1995. Fellow: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (deputy director education region VI 1976-1979, deputy director career enhancement 1982-1991, chairman Los Angeles section 1989-1990, chairman Point Lobos section 1990-1991, chairman academy affairs committee 1990-1993, director technical aircraft system 1990-1993, chairman Point Lobos section 1999—2001, Distinguished Service award 2006), Institute Advancement Engineering, British Interplanetary Society. Member: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, National Society of Professional Engineers, American Society Naval Engineers, California Water Pollution Control Association, Association Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, Society Allied Weight Engineers, Society Automotive Engineer, Water Environmental Federation, Experimental Aircraft Association, Institute Environmental Sciences, Air and Waste Management Association, Society Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, American Helicopter Society, United States Naval Institute, American Meteorological Society, American Society Engineering Education (aerospace division executive committee 1976-1980, chairman aerospace division 1979-1980, executive committee ocean, marine engineering division 1982-1985, program chairman 1991-1993, chairman 1993-1995, chairman Profl Interest Council 1995-1997, board directors 1995-1997), American Academy Environmental Engineers (trustee 1999—2002), California Society Professional Engineers, Royal Aeronautical Society, Planetary Society, Kappa Delta Pi, Sigma Gamma Tau, Tau Beta Pi.
Connections
Married Sarah Louise Thonn, January 26, 1958. Children: Conrad Floyde Junior, Thomas Edwin, Susan Louise.
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Political Party
Democrat
Education
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1951
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1957
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1971
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1985
Awards
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Recipient John Leland Atwood award as outstanding aerospace engineering educator American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics/American Society Engineering Education, 1986, Fred Merryfield Design award American Society for Engineering Education, 1997, United States Navy Meritorious Civilian Service award, 2002, named Outstanding Alumnus Independence Community College, 2005.Recipient John Leland Atwood award as outstanding aerospace engineering educator American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics/American Society Engineering Education, 1986, Fred Merryfield Design award American Society for Engineering Education, 1997, United States Navy Meritorious Civilian Service award, 2002, named Outstanding Alumnus Independence Community College, 2005.