David Boysen Hoisington

Background

Hoisington, David Boysen was born on February 11, 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Harland William and Helen Jane (Wenzell) Hoisington.

Education

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1940. Master of Electrical Engineering, University Pennsylvania, 1941.

Career

Development engineer Hazeltine electronics corporation, Little Neck, New York, 1941—1946. Project engineer Sperry Gyroscope Company, Great Neck, 1946—1947. Night school instructor City College of New York, New York City, 1945—1946.

Professor electrical engineering Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, 1946—1980, chairman electronic warfare, 1975—1980, acting dean research, 1974. President E W Enterprises, Friday Harbor, Washington, since 1980. Consultant engineer, Monterey, California, 1947—1980.

Achievements

• David Boysen Hoisington has been listed as a noteworthy electronic warfare consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Nucleonics Fundamentals (Accomplishments, Applications, Problems, and Limitations Associated with Radioactivity, Nuclear Reactors and Other Nuclear Devices) McGraw-Hill Series in Nuclear Engineering

    (The purpose of this is not to train nuclear physicists or...)

  • Nucleonics fundamentals (McGraw-Hill series in nuclear engineering)

Membership

Board directors Carmel Valley Property Owners Association, 1950—1952, president, 1952. Trustee Tularcitos School District, 1950—1957, president, 1952—1957. Member advisory committee Monterey Peninsula College, 1951.

Member Monterey County Committee School District Organization, 1951—1958, chairman, 1954—1958. Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Society Old Crows, San Juan Island Yacht Club (Friday Harbor, Washington), Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Bradshaw Stockwell, September 14, 1940. Children: Charles M., Helen Hoisington Campbell, Nancy Hoisington Payne.

Father:

Harland William Hoisington

Mother:

Helen Jane (Wenzell) Hoisington

Spouse:

Elizabeth Bradshaw Stockwell

child:

Charles M. Hoisington

child:

Helen Hoisington Campbell Hoisington

child:

Nancy Hoisington Payne Hoisington