Background
Penning, David Coleman was born on April 16, 1931 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Chester and Margaret (Coleman) Penning.
Penning, David Coleman was born on April 16, 1931 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Chester and Margaret (Coleman) Penning.
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Yale University, 1953. Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1959.
Manager Hewlett-Packard, Palo Alto, California, 1959—1965. Vice president Center Management Sciences, Los Angeles, 1965—1970. Manager long-range planning Honeywell, Inc., Minneapolis, 1970—1972.
President, director industrial electronics department Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, California, 1972—1978. With Defined contribution plan Associate, Palo Alto, since 1978. Vice chairman Young Representatives, San Mateo, California, 1964.
With Signal Corps. United States Army, 1953-1955.
Member of American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Society Manufacturing Engineers, Korea. Member Robotics International (vice chairman chapter), Elks.
Married Patricia Batchelor Penning, June 28, 1959. Children: Jennifer Jean, Piper Jane.