Background
Fink, Daniel Julien was born on December 13, 1926 in Jersey City. Son of Joseph and Dorothy (Weisberger) Fink.
Fink, Daniel Julien was born on December 13, 1926 in Jersey City. Son of Joseph and Dorothy (Weisberger) Fink.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1948. Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1949.
Aeromechanics engineer, Cornell Aero. Laboratory, 1948;
chief aircraft dynamics, Bell Aircraft Corporation, Buffalo, 1949-1952;
vice president, Allied Research Associates, Inc., Concord, Massachusetts, 1952-1963;
assistant director defense research and engineering (defense systems), Department Defense, 1963-1965;
deputy director defense research and engineering (strategic and space systems), Department Defense, 1965-1967;
with, General Electric Company, 1967-1982;
vice president, general manager space division, General Electric Company, 1969-1977;
vice president, group executive aerospace group, General Electric Company, Philadelphia, 1977-1979;
senior vice president corporation planning and development, General Electric Company, Fairfield, Connecticut, 1979-1982;
president, D.J. Fink Associations, Inc., since 1982. Board directors Titan Corporation, Orbital Sciences Corporation, Magellan Corp.
Defense science board Dept Defense, 1968-1972, senior consultant, 1979-1998. National industrial advisory county Opportunities Industrialization Centers, 1977-1979. Science advisory panel Department Army, 1971-1974.
Advisory county National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1978-1979, chairman advisory county, 1982-1988. Corporation visiting department aero and astronautics Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1972-1982, Sloan School, 1982-1985. Department chairman advisory board department mechanic engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,1981-1984.
Member Vice President's Space Policy Advisory board, 1992.
Honorary fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (president 1974-1975, von Karman lecturer 1980). Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member National Academy of Engineering (chairman space applications board 1976-1981, chairman telecommunications and computer applications board 1984-1987, Chairman of Commission on United States-Japan linkages in transport aircraft 1993, Chairman of Commission on space facilities 1994), Cosmos Club.
Married Tobie E. Weiss, June 24, 1951. Children: Kenneth Wayne, Betsy Ilene, Karen Patrice.
