Background
Sutton, Ernest Shaw was born on May 22, 1922 in Burlington, New Jersey, United States. Son of Ernest Shaw Senior and Elizabeth Bauer (Sholl) Sutton.
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Ernest Shaw Sutton
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Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, University Pennsylvania, 1943.
Career
Analytical chemist National Synthetic Rubber Corporation, Louisville, 1943-1944. Polymer chemist Hewitt Robins, Inc., Buffalo, 1946-1948, United Aircraft, Inc., Hartford, Connecticut, 1948-1950, Thermoid Rubber Company, Trenton, New Jersey, 1950-1953. Propellant chemist Thiokol Corporation, Elkton, Maryland, 1953-1954, head Research and Development laboratories, 1954-1984.
Head preliminary design Morton-Thiokol, Inc., 1984-1986, director marketing, 1986-1987, vice president, general manager, 1987-1988. Private practice aerospace consultant West Grove, Pennsylvania, since 1988. Board directors Cecon, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware.
Board directors Jenners Pond, Inc., West Grove, treasurer, since 2006. With United States Army, 1944-1946.
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Membership
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Chemical Society, Planetary Society.
Connections
Married Janet Gilbertson, July 1, 1950 (deceased March 1974). Children: Jane M., Douglas S., Andrea L. Married Lois Williams, June 12, 1975.
