Donald Arthur Topmiller

Background

Topmiller, Donald Arthur was born on September 7, 1930 in Cincinnati. Son of Arthur Edward and Mary Katherine (Buening) Topmiller.

Education

Bachelor, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1952; Master of Arts, Lehigh University, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1964.

Career

Psychology instructor, Adjutant General's School United States Army, Indianapolis, 1954-1956; research psychologist, Aeromedical Laboratory United States Air Force, WP Air Force Base, Ohio., 1956-1959; engineering psychologist, Wright Air Development Center United States Air Force, WP Air Force Base, 1959-1961; supervisory psychologist, Aerospace Medical Laboratory United States Air Force, WP Air Force Base, 1961-1979; senior scientist, Aerospace Medical Laboratory United States Air Force, WP Air Force Base, 1979-1989; principal scientist, General Physics Corporation, Columbia, Missouri, 1980-1982; private consultant, Topmiller & Associations, Fairborn, Ohio., since 1989. Adjunct Professor AFIT, Wright State University, U. Dayton, 1965-1970. Consultant Beville Engineering, Dayton, 1984-1986.

Achievements

• Donald Arthur Topmiller has been listed as a noteworthy Aviation psychologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Army, 1954-1956. Fellow Human Factors Society (executive county 1970-1973, program committee chair 1965, technical program chair 1984-1986, fellows committee 1987), American Psychological Association, American Psychological Society, American Psychological Association Society Engineering Psychologists(executive county 1974-1976), Association Aviation Psychologists.

Interests

• Avocations: flying, skiing, scuba diving, hunting, fishing.

Connections

Married Jo Ann Ranke, June 10, 1950. Children: Steven Arthur, Gregory Scott.

Father:

Arthur Edward Topmiller

Mother:

Mary Katherine (Buening) Topmiller

Spouse:

Jo Ann Ranke

child:

Gregory Scott Topmiller

child:

Steven Arthur Topmiller