Frederick Gwynn Blottner

Background

Blottner, Frederick Gwynn was born on May 27, 1932 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Herman Eugene and Gwynn Dold (West) Blottner.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, Virginia Polytech. Institute, 1953; Master of Science in Engineering Mechanics, Virginia Polytech. Institute, 1954; Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1958.

Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Mechanics, Stanford University, 1962.

Career

Staff member Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, 1954-1959. Research assistant Stanford (California) University, 1959-1962. Specialist gas dynamics General Electric Company, Philadelphia, 1962-1966.

Distinguished member technical staff Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, since 1987. Consultant National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, since 1985.

Achievements

• Frederick Gwynn Blottner has been listed as a noteworthy mechanical engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (member technical committee 1970-1972, chairman 3d Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference 1977, associate editor American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal 1983-1985, service citation 1985, member public committee since 1986, co-ediotr Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik and Physik since 1988). Member American Physical Society.

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, bicycling.

Connections

Married Myra Ann Manton, December 28, 1957. Children: Laura Christine, Cheryl Annual.

Father:

Herman Eugene Blottner

Mother:

Gwynn Dold (West) Blottner

Spouse:

Myra Ann Manton

child:

Cheryl Annual Blottner

child:

Laura Christine Blottner