Background
Forbes, George Franklin was born on June 26, 1915 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Mark Augustus and Leau Marie (Boudreau) Forbes.
Forbes, George Franklin was born on June 26, 1915 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Mark Augustus and Leau Marie (Boudreau) Forbes.
Bachelor of Science, Northeastern University, 1939.
Faculty assistant St. Louis University, St. Louis, 1939—1940, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1940—1941, University New Hampshire, Durham, 1941—1942, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1946—1948. Analyst Raytheon Company, Pt. Mugu, California, 1950—1952.
Civil service Naval Weapons Center, Ridgecrest, 1950—1952, Edwards Air Force Base, 1952—1952. Analyst Lockheed Aircraft Company, Burbank, 1952—1956. Senior engineer Litton Industries, Los Angeles, 1956—1973.
Contact engineer with various company's, since 1974. Served to lieutenant Commander United States Navy, 1942-1947.
Fellow: British Interplanetary Society. Member: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Naval Institute, Association Computing Machinery.
Married Mary Eleanor Kimball, March 9, 1943. Children: Marie, Dorothy, Carolyn, Kenneth, Barbara, Marjorie, Marilyn, Christopher, William, Patricia.