James Gordon Stanley

Background

Stanley, James Gordon was born on February 13, 1925 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Joseph Gordon and Amy I. (Crocker) Stanley.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Alabama, 1949.

Career

Instructor Mississippi State University Extension, Jackson, 1956. Technical representative Southeast, Price Brothers Company, Dayton, 1957-1959. Project manager, department manager Brown Engineering Company, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, also Huntsville, Alabama, 1959-1964.

Director engineering and reliability Bendix Launch Support Division, 1964-1967. Manager reliability, system engineer Dow Chemical Company, Kennedy Space Center, 1967-1971, manager engineering marketing Houston, 1971-1973, contract research manager Midland, Michigan, 1973-1980, senior project manager Houston, 1980-1993. Assigned as project business manager Dow/Department Energy Geothermal Project, Lafayette, Louisiana, 1981-1983.

Project engineer Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Cincinnati, 1987-1988. Project manager Admiral Equipment Company, Akron, Ohio, 1988-1989. Geothermal project manager Magma Power Company, Calipatria, California, 1989-1992, retired, 1993.

Free lance writer.

Achievements

• James Gordon Stanley has been listed as a notable engineering marketing executive, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served to lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1966. Member Cocoa Beach Chamber of C., American Philat. Society, Elks, Phi Gamma Delta.

Connections

Children: Cynthia Ruth, Pamela Anne, Gordon Bruce, James Alan, Joseph Christopher. Married Patricia Ann Peuvion, 1969.