Background
Nordley, Gerald David was born on May 22, 1947 in Minneapolis.
Nordley, Gerald David was born on May 22, 1947 in Minneapolis.
Bachelor in Physics, Macalester College, 1969; Master of Science in System Management, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1980.
Enlisted, United States Air Force, 1969; commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, United States Air Force, 1970; advanced through grades to major, United States Air Force, 1982; inter-range operations officer, Network Operations Division, Sunnyvale Air Force Base, California, 1973-1976; chief orbital operations branch, Defense Satellite Communications Directorate, Los Angeles Air Force Base, 1976-1981; chief spacecraft engineer branch, DSCS III Program Office, Los Angeles Air Force Base, 1981-1982; battle director, Mangilsan Liason Annex, Mang Il San, South Korea, 1983; chief advanced propulsion branch, Armed Forces Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Edwards Air Force Base, California, 1984-1986; research staff manager ARIES office, Astronautics Laboratory, Edwards Air Force Base, 1986-1989; retired, United States Air Force, 1989; writer, private investor, Sunnyvale, since 1990.
Member director Macalester College Republican Club, St. Paul, 1967-1968. President Park Knowles Estates Property Owners Association, Boron, California, 1988. Co-chair Silicon Valley Writers Workshop, Cupertino, California, 1992, 93.
Treasurer CONTACT: Cultures of the Imagination, 1997^. Fellow British Interplanetary Society. Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (senior.
Electrical propulsion committee 1984-1986), Air Force Association, Science Fiction Writers American, Whensday People Writers Group, Space Access Society, American Legion.
Son of V. Gerald and Evelyn May (Whitesel) N. (divorced 1973); 1 child, Sharon. Married Gayle Ann Wiesner, May 9, 1976.
Children: Jeffrey Goldberg, Andrew Nordley.
