Edward Curtis Wells

Background

Wells, Edward Curtis was born on August 26, 1910 in Boise, Idaho, United States. Son of Edward Lansing and Laura Alice (Long) Wells.

Education

Student, Willamette University, 1929. Honorary Doctor of Science, Willamette University, 1963. Bachelor with great distinction, Stanford University, 1931.

Doctor of Laws, University Portland, 1946.

Career

Draftsman, Boeing Company, Seattle, summer 1930; draftsman, engineer, Boeing Company, 1931-1933; group engineer, Boeing Company, 1933-1934; assistant project engineer, Boeing Company, 1934-1937; chief preliminary desgin engineer, Boeing Company, 1937-1938; chief project engineer, Boeing Company, 1938-1939; assistant chief engineer, Boeing Company, 1939-1943; chief engineer, Boeing Company, 1943-1947; vice president, chief engineer, Boeing Company, 1947-1948; vice president engineering, Boeing Company, 1948-1958, 59-61; vice president, general manager military aircraft systems division, Boeing Company, 1961-1963; vice president product development, Boeing Company, 1963-1965, 66-67; group vice president airplanes, Boeing Company, 1965-1966; senior vice president, Boeing Company, 1967-1971; retired, Boeing Company, 1972; vice president, general manager, Systems Management Office, 1958-1959; director in charge preliminary design, Systems Management Office (Boeing Model 299 airplane, prototype of Model B-17, Boeing Flying Fortress following design of model through all phases of devel, 1934. Consultant, 1972-1987. Visiting professor Stanford University, 1969-1970.

State Advisory Council Atomic Energy, 1958-1960.

Membership

Life trustee Willamette University. Member advisory board Washington State Institute of Technology, 1957-1961. Member advisory council Stanford Engineering School.

President board Ryther Child Center, 1961-1967, director, 1961-1980. Member Defense Science Board, 1969-1972. Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (honorary), Society Automotive Engineers.

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Academy Engineering, Phi Beta Kappa Associates, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Theta, Tau Beta Pi. Clubs: Tennis (Seattle).

Connections

Married Dorothy Evangeline Ostlund, August 25, 1934. Children: Laurie Jo (Mistress William Tull), Edward Elliott.

Father:

Edward Lansing Wells

Mother:

Laura Alice (Long) Wells

Spouse:

Dorothy Evangeline Ostlund

child:

Edward Elliott Wells

child:

Laurie Jo Wells (Mistress William Tull)