Henry Herman Nocke

Background

Henry Herman was born on September 6, 1916, in Stepney, Maryland, United States. Son of Emil Henry and Anna Christine (Hutzler) Nocke.

Education

Student, Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland, 1939. Student, University Delaware, 1944. Student, Rutgers University, 1946.

Career

Chief manufacturing chemist Triumph Explosives, Elkton, Maryland, 1940-1945. Chemist E.R. Squibb & Sons, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1945-1946. Chief analytical chemist Thiokol Chemical Corporation, Huntsville, Alabama, 1948-1956, manager quality reliability Brunswick, Georgia, 1956-1965.

Manager quality, reliability Spaco Inc., Huntsville, Alabama, 1965-1974. Senior quality, reliability engineer Planning Research, 1975-1977. Senior quality, safety engineer Northrop Aviation Services Division, 1977-1982.

Consultant private practice, from 1982. Consultant Brookside Chemical Company, Elkton, Maryland, 1945-1968, Gamma Research, Huntsville, since 1982, Egyptian Government, Cairo, 1984. Lecturer Taguchi Methods, Southern Technology Institute, Marietta, Georgia, 1988.

Achievements

• License profl engineer, California.

Works

• Other Work

  • Inventor: Rocket Engine Structure, Rocket Design, Rocket Fuel Testing Apparatus. Author: many safety manuals and classified government documents.

Membership

Chairman City of Huntsville Air Pollution Control Board, since 1980. Fellow American Institute Chemists. Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, National Rifle Association, American Chemical Society (senior member), National Panel Propellant Analytical Chemistry (chairman 1956)., American Society Quality Control (senior member, chairman Huntsville chapter 1952), Marshall Space Flight Center Skeet Club.

Interests

• Shooting, hunting, fishing.

Connections

Married Irene Gabrielle Murphy, June 23, 1948. Children: Patricia, Richard.

Father:

Emil Henry Nocke

Mother:

Anna Christine (Hutzler) Nocke

Spouse:

Irene Gabrielle Murphy

child:

Patricia Nocke

child:

Richard Nocke