Background
Stephenson, Gary Van was born on March 25, 1958 in Huron, South Dakota, United States. Son of Phillip Carlyle Stephenson and Barbara Jean (O'Leary) Yeager.
Electro-optics systems engineer
Stephenson, Gary Van was born on March 25, 1958 in Huron, South Dakota, United States. Son of Phillip Carlyle Stephenson and Barbara Jean (O'Leary) Yeager.
Bachelor of Science in Physics, Montana State University, Bozeman, 1983. Bachelor in Philosophy, Montana State University, Bozeman, 1983. Master of Engineering in Space Systems Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2011.
Member technical staff Hughes Aircraft Company, El Segundo, California, 1983-1986. Senior engineer ITT-Aerospace Optical Division, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1986-1988. Electro-optics engineer Weyerhaeuser Company, Federal Way, Washington, 1988-1989.
System engineer Hughes Aircraft Company, Seattle, 1989—1997, The Boeing Company, Seattle, 1997—2006, Boeing Satellite Systems, El Segundo, California, 2007—2010. Principal system engineer Linquest Corporation, Los Angeles, since 2010. President Seculine Consulting, Redondo Beach, California, since 1989.
With United States Army, 1976-1979. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Society Photo-Optical and Instrumentation Engineers, SigmaPi Sigma.
Married Sandra Lynn Deault, June 4, 1977 (divorced February 1989). Married Nancy Watkins Gossett, July 19, 1991.