Jack Leland Alford

Background

Alford, Jack Leland was born on November 19, 1920 in Long Beach, California, United States. Son of Leon Otto and Ethelind (Humphrey) Alford.

Education

Student, United States Naval Academy, 1939. Bachelor of Science, California Institute of Technology, 1942. Master of Science, California Institute of Technology, 1946.

Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute of Technology, 1950.

Career

With Turbodyne Corporation, Hawthorne, California, 1948-1950. Postdoctoral fellow California Institute of Technology, 1950-1952. Research engineer Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1957-1959.

Head engineering division United States Naval Ordnance Test Station, 1952-1955. Assistant to technical director Technicolor Corporation, 1955-1957. Professor Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California, 1959-1965, James Howard Kindelberger professor engineering, from 1965, chairman department engineering, 1967-1972, 73-79.

Achievements

• Jack Leland Alford has been listed as a noteworthy mechanical engineer, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Member American Society Mechanical Engineering, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, American Society Engineering Education, American Association University Professors, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.

Connections

Married Edith Elizabeth Humann, March 8, 1944. Children: Christopher John, Margaret Annual.

Father:

Leon Otto Alford

Mother:

Ethelind (Humphrey) Alford

Spouse:

Edith Elizabeth Humann

child:

Christopher John Alford

child:

Margaret Annual Alford