Floyd Carl Arthur Bergsten

Background

Bergsten, Floyd Carl was born on October 23, 1926 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of Carl Arthur and Eva Elizabeth (Carlson) Bergsten.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Naval Science, Tufts University, 1946. Bachelor, 1948; Postgraduate, Sloan School, 1964.

Career

Senior engineer guidance and control Martin Marietta, Baltimore, 1959—1962. Manager advanced sys and simulation General Electric, Daytona Beach, Florida, 1962—1968. Manager design and factory automation General Electric-HMED, Syracuse, 1968—1974.

Manager CADMAT General Electric-SCSD, Daytona Beach, Florida, 1974—1978, General Electric-SCO,, King Prussia, Pennsylvania, 1978—1984. Program manager ABG CADMAT Division Information Systems and Automation, General Electric Company, Philadelphia, from 1984. Consultant in automation, from 1981.

Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1954.

Achievements

• Floyd Carl Bergsten has been listed as a noteworthy mechanical engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Ward captain Republican Committee, Baltimore, 1959—1962. Teacher Methodist Church, 1959—1962. Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Computer-aided Design/The Communications Advertising and Marketing award 1985), Philadelphia Engineering Club, Computer Automated Society of Society Manufacturing Engineers.

Interests

• Golf, bowling, raising orchids.

Connections

Married Virginia Ruth Davis, July 12, 1947. Children: Linda Diane, Marilyn Lee, Stephen Carl, Bradford Jon.