James Benning Matthews

Background

Matthews, James Benning was born on May 15, 1933 in Fort Benning, Georgia, United States. Son of Max Audrey and Frieda Aurora (Sexton) Matthews.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 1954. Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, University Arizona, 1966.

Career

Instructor Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana, 1956-1958, assistant professor, 1959-1963, associate professor, 1966-1968, professor, 1968-1975, chairman department mechanical and aerospace engineering, 1966-1970, dean of faculty, 1970-1973, vice president academy affairs, 1973-1975. Professor, chairman department mechanical engineering Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, 1978-1981. Dean engineering and technical Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, 1981-1983.

Dean engineering and applied science Western Michigan University, Portage, 1983-1989. Professor Arizona State University, Tempe, since 1989, chairman department aeronautical technical, since 1989. Member Michigan Professional Engineers Board Registration.

Achievements

• James Benning Matthews has been listed as a noteworthy aeronautics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with C.E. Army of the United States, 1954-1956. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society for Engineering Education, Society Automotive Engineers (Ralph Teetor Educational award 1968), National Society Professional Engineers, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma.

Connections

Married Doris Louise Miller, August 16, 1953. Children: James Michael, Lynn Michelle, Melissa Annual.

Father:

Max Audrey Matthews

Mother:

Frieda Aurora (Sexton) Matthews

Spouse:

Doris Louise Miller

child:

James Michael Matthews

child:

Melissa Annual Matthews

child:

Lynn Michelle Matthews