Background
West, Hugh Sterling was born on April 5, 1930 in Kansas City, Kansas, United States. Son of Gilbert Eugene and Dorothy (Johnson) W.
aircraft leasing company executive
West, Hugh Sterling was born on April 5, 1930 in Kansas City, Kansas, United States. Son of Gilbert Eugene and Dorothy (Johnson) W.
Bachelor of Science, University of Virginia, 1952. Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical., U. Maryland., 1959. Graduated from the United States Naval Test Pilot School, 1959.
Commissioned Second lieutenant United States Marine Corps., 1948, advanced through grades to major, 1961. Experimental flight test pilot, United States Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland. Resigned, 1961; program manager Boeing Aircraft Company, Seattle and Philadelphia, 1961-1966, director airworthiness, commercial airplane division, 1969-1971.
Director aircraft sales American Airlines, Tulsa, 1971-1976.
Vice president equipmentmgmt. General American Transportation Corporation Leasing Corporation, San Francisco, 1976-1980.
Vice president technical, partner Polaris Aircraft Leasing Corporation, San Francisco, 1980-1985. Vice president, co-founder United States Airlease, Incorporated. division Ford Motor Company, 1986-1996, retired, 1996;president Hugh South. West & Associations, Commercial Aircraft Consultant
Member Society Experimental Test Pilots, Army Navy Country Club.
Married Willa Alden Reed, January 16, 1954. Children: Karen, Phillip, Susan.