Frank Charles Carpenter

Background

Carpenter, Frank Charles was born on June 1, 1917 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Frank Charlesand Isobel (Crump) Carpenter.

Education

A.A., Pasadena City College, 1961. Bachelor of Science in Elec. Engineering cum laude, California State University-Long Beach, 1975, Master of Science in Elec.Engring., 1981.

Career

Self-employed design and mfgr. aircraft test equipment, Los Angeles, 1946-1951. Engineer Hoffman electronics corporation, Los Angeles, 1951-1956, senior engineer, 1956-1959, project manager, 1959-1963. Engineer-scientist McDonnell-Douglas Astronautics Corporation, Huntington Beach, California, 1963-1969, spacecraft telemetry, 1963-1967, biomed.electronics, 1967-1969, flight test instrumentation, 1969-1976.

Laboratory test engineer Northrop Corporation, Hawthorne, California, 1976-1982, special engineer, 1982-1983. Manager transducer calibration laboratory Northrop Corporation, Pico-Rivera, California, 1983-1986.

Membership

Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1941-1947. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (life), Amateur Radio Relay League.

Connections

Married Beatrice Josephine Jolly, November 3, 1951. Children: Robert Douglas, Gail Susan, Carol Annual.

Father:

Frank Charlesand Isobel (Crump) Carpenter. Carpenter

Spouse:

Beatrice Josephine Jolly

child:

Carol Ann Carpenter

child:

Gail Susan Carpenter

child:

Robert Douglas Carpenter