Background
Perry, Henry Alexander was born on March 21, 1913 in Newton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Henry A. and Emma G. (Henderson) Perry.
Perry, Henry Alexander was born on March 21, 1913 in Newton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Henry A. and Emma G. (Henderson) Perry.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, 1936. Postgraduate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1944—1945. Postgraduate, University Maryland, 1947—1949.
Research engineer Kinney Manufacturing Company, Boston, 1940—1942. Safety engineer Ordnance Corps., United States Army, Chicago, 1942—1944. Radome engineer Radiation Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1944—1945.
Materials engineer, Ordnance Laboratory United States Navy, Silver Spring, Maryland, 1945—1954, member advisory council on materials, 1960—1964. Project manager Massive Glass Hulls for Deep Submergence. Consultant on materials, 1954—1978.
President Marine Materials Corporation, Annapolis, Maryland, since 1971.
Charter president Laytonsville Volunteer Fire Department, Maryland, 1954—1955. Member committee on composites National Research Council, 1962—1963, Engineering Foundation, New York City, since 1963. Councilman Town Laytonsville, 1966—1969.
Member Anne Arundel County Bicentennial Committee, Maryland, 1976. Member of Baltimore Council Foreign Affairs, Windjammers of Chesapeake Club, Classic Yacht America, Lions Lodge (charter Laytonsville, president 1964-1965, president Anne Arundel 1976-1977).
Married Alice C. Krans, June 17, 1944. 1 child Carolyn Julie Perry Shipp.
