Edgar Purell Williams

Background

Williams, Edgar Purell was born on August 17, 1918 in Pierpont, Ohio, United States. Son of Edgar Ward and Margaret E. (Smith) Williams.

Education

Bachelor, Oberlin College, 1940. Master of Science in Aeronautics, Engr's. Degree in Aeronautics, California Institute of Technology, 1942.

Career

Aerodynamics engineer, Douglas Aircraft Company, Santa Monica, California, 1942-1948; chief aerodynamics, Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, 1949-1963; chief aeromech. branch, chief engineer aerodynamics and thermodynamics department, senior staff engineer, McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company, Santa Monica and Huntington Beach, California, 1963-1974; contract aerodynamics engineer, CDI/Hughes Aircraft, Canoga Park, California, 1977-1978; design specialist, Pomona (California) division General Dynamics, 1978-1984; engineering specialist, Northrop Corporation, Pico Rivera, California, 1984-1993. Missiles advisor Air Force Office, Washington, 1952-1953. Lecturer University of California at Los Angeles, 1956-1958.

Achievements

• Edgar Purell Williams has been listed as a noteworthy Aerospace engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors, correspondent secretary Westwood Gardens Civic Association, Inc., Los Angeles, 1950-1957. Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate). Member Sigma Xi (associate).

Connections

Married Esther Lowrie Elliott, May 12, 1945 (divorced June 1962). Children: Katherine Williams Saunders, Ruth Williams Abatzoglou, Carol Williams Robertson, Edna Williams Moore.

Father:

Edgar Ward Williams

Mother:

Margaret E. (Smith) Williams

Spouse:

Esther Lowrie Elliott

child:

Edna Williams Moore Williams

child:

Ruth Williams Abatzoglou Williams

child:

Katherine Williams Saunders Williams

child:

Carol Williams Robertson Williams