Irby Clarence Lightner

Background

Lightner, Irby Clarence was born on August 6, 1918 in Hemlock, West Virginia, United States.

Education

Bachelor of Medicine in Mechanical Engineering, University Virginia, 1939.

Career

Designer Wayne Manufacturing, Waynesboro, Virginia, 1939-1940. Engineer United States Bureau Public Rds., San Jose, Costa Rica, 1941-1942. Served in the United States Army, 1942-1946.

Engineer Boeing Company, Seattle, 1949-1952, Agricultural Research Organization, Inc., Tennessee, 1952-1955. Research engineer University Chicago, 1955-1956. Assr. director engineering Agricultural Research Organization, Inc., Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee, 1956-1980.

Engineering advisor Tennessee State University, Nashville, 1975-1986. Technical advisor Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, 1976-1996.

Achievements

• Irby Clarence Lightner has been listed as a noteworthy mechanical engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Interests

• Fishing, golf.

Connections

Son of Irby Clarence and Edith Josephine (White) L. Widowed; children: Josephine Todd, Charlotte Duncan, Susan Harris.

Father:

Irby Clarence Lightner

Mother:

Edith Josephine (White) Lightner

child:

Susan Harris Lightner

child:

Charlotte Duncan Lightner

child:

Josephine Todd Lightner