Henry Sheldon Stillwell

Background

Stillwell, Henry Sheldon was born on May 15, 1917 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Henry Sheldon and Maude (Johnson) Stillwell.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Aero. Engineering, University Minnesota, 1939, Master of Science, 1940.

Career

Aero. draftsman Tipton Aircraft, Kansas City, 1936. Draftsman Juris Doctor Akerman, consultant, Minneapolis, 1936-1937. Engineer Porterfield Aircraft Corporation, Kansas City, 1937, chief engineer, 1938.

Engineer Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, San Diego, 1939. Structural engineer Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft, Stratford, Connecticut, 1940. Instructor aero. engineering University of Minnesota, 1940-1942.

Head aero. engineering Department, University Kansas, 1942-1944, University of Illinois, 1944-1976. Aerodynamics consultant Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, 1945-1948, United States Air Force, 1950, Aeroproducts division General Motors Corporation, 1951, North America Aviation, 1952, Douglas Aircraft Corporation, 1953, General Dynamics Astronautics, 1961-1976. Consultant mechanics research division American Machine and Foundry.

Aerodynamicist McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, 1955. Design specialist Convair, 1956, engineering staff specialist, summer 1960, 61. Aerodynamicist Boeing Airplane Company, 1958.

Boeing Company faculty associate summer 1962. Consultant General Dynamics Convair, 1967-1976. Faculty representative to Big-10 Athletic Conference, 1968-1976.

Board of directors University of Illinois Athletics Association.

Membership

Member American Institute Aeronautics an Astronautics (chairman educational activities committee), Engineers Council for Professional Development (director), American Society Engineering Education, Sigma Xi, Sigma Gamma Tau, Sigma Phi Delta, Tau Beta Pi.

Connections

Married Jo Lee Graham, November 9, 1940. Children: Pamela Jo, Deborah, Henry III, Alan.

Father:

Henry Sheldon Stillwell

Mother:

Maude (Johnson) Stillwell

Spouse:

Jo Lee Graham

child:

Henry III Stillwell

child:

Deborah Stillwell

child:

Pamela Jo Stillwell

child:

Alan Stillwell