Background
Keat, James Eldred was born on April 3, 1932 in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of James Eldred and Elizabeth L. (Tritt) Keat.
Keat, James Eldred was born on April 3, 1932 in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of James Eldred and Elizabeth L. (Tritt) Keat.
AB, Dickinson College, 1955. Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with honors, Case Institute of Technology, 1955. Master of Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1960.
Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983.
Associate engineer, Glenn L. Martin Company, Baltimore, 1955-1957; senior engineer, Fairchild Stratos Corporation, Hagerstown, Maryland., 1957-1963; senior engineer, Westinghouse Aerospace Division, Baltimore, 1963-1972; systems analyst, Computer Sciences Corporation, Silver Spring, Maryland., 1972-1977; Draper fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1978-1983; engineer, Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, 1983-1985; senior scientist, Photon Research Associations, Cambridge, 1985-1989; construction engineering, Computer Sciences Corporation, Greenbelt, Maryland., 1990-1996; retired,, 1996.
Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.