Background
Coker, Frank Bethell was born on December 26, 1925 in San Diego, California, United States. Son of Robert Noble and Harriet Davis (Petrie) Coker.
Coker, Frank Bethell was born on December 26, 1925 in San Diego, California, United States. Son of Robert Noble and Harriet Davis (Petrie) Coker.
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering cum laude, University Southern California, 1951. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, University Southern California, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration, University Southern California, 1981.
Vice president, general manager United ElectroDynamics, Inc., Pasadena, California, 1951—1963. Assistant to president, manager corporation advanced programs office Whittaker Corporation, Los Angeles, 1962—1965. General manager Western operations Systems Development Corporation, Santa Monica, 1965—1968.
Group vice president, general manager technical group Science Resources Corporation, Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania, 1968—1970. Vice president, general manager Telautograph Corporation, Los Angeles, 1970—1973. Founder, president Reko Industries, Glendale, from 1973.
President Public Engineers Inc., Los Angeles, 1969—1970. Director Digital Seismic Corporation, Computer Sharing, Inc., Hybrid Systems, Inc. Testifier on technical aspects of detection and inspection controls of a nuclear weapons test ban Joint Committee On Atomic Energy, Congress of the United States, 1960.
With United States Navy, 1944-1946.
Board directors Los Angeles County Industry Education Council, 1965—1968. Board directors, principal Airport Planning Group, from 1965. Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Ordnance Association, Seismological Society of America, Society Exploration Geophysicists, Archimedes Circuit, Research Society of America (president 1960-1963), American Management Association, Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu (past president).
Married Wilma Lee Sheets, December 22, 1947. Children: Pamela Lee, Tracy Drake.