Dennis Lee Skelton

Background

Skelton, Dennis Lee was born on June 17, 1951 in Pontiac, Michigan, United States. Son of Walter Kenneth and Phyllis Elaine (Walter) Skelton.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Michigan, 1973. Master of Science, University Colorado, 1978.

Career

Member technical staff, Ball Aerospace Systems Division, Boulder, Colorado, 1978-1982; senior optical engineer, Itek Optical Systems, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1982-1986; senior engineer, Hughes Danbury (Connecticut) Optical Systems (formerly Perkin-Elmer Electro-Optical Systems division), 1986-1990; staff engineer, McDonnell Douglas Aerospace, Seabrook, Maryland., 1991-1996; senior principal engineer, Orbital Sciences Corporation, Greenbelt, Maryland., since 1996.

Achievements

• Dennis Lee Skelton has been listed as a noteworthy aerospace engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Astronomical Society, Optical Society of America (secretary New England section 1984-1985, secretary-treasurer Rocky Mountain section 1981-1982), Society Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.

Interests

• Avocations: oil painting, scuba diving, fencing, history, architecture.

Connections

Married Helen Demetrios Gioka, June 8, 1983 (divorced 1995). Children: Anastasia Danae, Alexander Demetrios.

Father:

Walter Kenneth Skelton

Mother:

Phyllis Elaine (Walter) Skelton

Spouse:

Helen Demetrios Gioka

child:

Alexander Demetrios Skelton

child:

Anastasia Danae Skelton