Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Born in Kansas, he received a bachelor"s degree in mathematics and physics at the College of Emporia in 1925. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology two years later. He worked for Stearman as a draftsman, before joining Robert Gross" Viking Flying Boat Company.
He served on the board of the newly revived Lockheed Corporation and led the design departments as chief engineer
Engineers such as Clarence "Kelly" Johnson and Willis Hawkins worked under him. He died in 1996 in Los Angeles at the age of 92.