Background
Hawk, George Wayne was born on February 21, 1928 in Warren, Ohio, United States. Son of Oscar Wilmer and Morda Irene (Klingensmith) Hawk.
Hawk, George Wayne was born on February 21, 1928 in Warren, Ohio, United States. Son of Oscar Wilmer and Morda Irene (Klingensmith) Hawk.
Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, Purdue University, 1951. Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University Southern California, 1955. Postgraduate, University Tennessee.
Assistant R & D officer gas dynamics facility, Arnold Engineering Development Center, Tullahoma, Tennessee, 1951-1953; project engineer, Hughes R & D Laboratory, Culver City, California, 1953-1956; senior research engineer, Goodyear Aircraft Corporation, Akron, Ohio., 1956-1957; with, Moog Inc., East Aurora, New York, 1957-1981; vice president aerospace division, Moog Inc., East Aurora, New York, 1968-1969; executive vice president, director, general manager controls division, Moog Inc., East Aurora, New York, 1969-1976; executive vice president, director president controls group, Moog Inc., East Aurora, New York, 1976-1981; president, G.W. Hawk Inc., 1981-1986; president, Chief Executive Officer, Acme Electric Corporation, 1986-1991; Chairman, Board Of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, Acme Electric Corporation, 1992-1994; Chairman, Board Of Directors, Comptek Research Inc., 1983-1987; Chairman, Board Of Directors, M.H.P. Machines, Inc., Buffalo, 1983-1992. Board directors Acme Electric Corporation, Comptek Research, Inc., Century Jet Corporation. Chairman, Board Of Directors B.I.S. Partners, Western New York Technology Development Corporation.
Board of directors Niagara Lutheran Home. Vice Chairman, Board Of Directors Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, lifetime director. Past president Greater Niagara Frontier county Boy Scouts American.
Past Chairman of the Board, president Greater Buffalo Development Foundation. Board regents emeritus Canisius College. Board of trustees, treasurer Buffalo General Hospital Foundation.
Past board directors Fluid Power Ednl. Foundation With Army of the United States, 1946-1948;First lieutenant United States Air Force, 1951-1953. Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate).
Member Air Force Association (president Larry D. Bell Chapter.1978), Navy League, American Defense Preparedness Association, National Fluid Power Association (past Chairman of the Board), National Conference on Fluid Power (past conference director) Buffalo Chamber of Commerce (past vice chairman).
Married Charline Hines Bond, February 12, 1955. Children: George Wayne, David James, John Robert.
