Background
Edwards, Howard Dawson was born on December 11, 1923 in Athens, Georgia, United States. Son of Howard Thomas and Inez (Glenn) Edwards.
academic administrator physicist business executive
Edwards, Howard Dawson was born on December 11, 1923 in Athens, Georgia, United States. Son of Howard Thomas and Inez (Glenn) Edwards.
Bachelor of Science, University Georgia, 1944. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Duke, 1950.
Chief atmospheric energy branch, Air Force Cambridge Research laboratories, Bedford, Massachusetts, 1949-1955;
operations research scientist, Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Marietta, Georgia, 1956-1958;
faculty, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1959-1982;
professor aerospace engineering, Georgia Institute Technology, 1965-1982;
director, Aerospace Environment Laboratory, 1963-1975. President SIR-Atlanta, Inc., 1963-1986. Associate director Advanced Technology Development Center, 1985-1986.
Assistant to executive vice president Georgia Technology U., since 1986.
Member Georgia Academy of Sciences (president 1966).
Married Helen Tippin, May 19, 1991. Children from previous marriage: David, Jerry, David Bradley (stepson), Kathy.