James Woodrow Kelso

Background

Kelso, James Woodrow was born on November 10, 1927 in Hastings, Nebraska, United States. Son of John William and Sahra Anna (Walrath) Kelso.

Education

Student, University Nebraska, 1940—1942. B.Arts and Sciences, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, 1948. Postgraduate, University of California at Los Angeles, 1962.

Postgraduate, University of California at Los Angeles, 1965.

Career

Architectural coordinator United Nations, New York City, 1947—1948. Chief designer Stromberg-Carlson, Rochester, 1948—1952. Vice president design Teledyne-Packard Bell, Los Angeles, 1952—1965.

President United General Electronics, 1965—1967, Kelso & Associates, Los Angeles, since 1967. Design consultant Continental Can Company, New York City, 1972—1979, TRW, Inc., Redondo Beach, California, 1983—1984. Consultant research and development Atari Corporation, Los Gatos, California, 1979—1982.

Consultant, engineer Citicorp-Tension Technology International Division, Santa Monica, California, 1982—1983. Lieutenant, pilot United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945, European Theatre of Operations.

Achievements

• James Woodrow Kelso has been listed as a notable industrial and architectural designer-inventor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Active Boy Scouts America, 1958—1962. Organizer, founder Save Santa Monica Mountains Park, Pacific Palisades, California, 1957. Member of National Association of Manufacturers (member patents and trademark committee 1967-1980), Los Angeles Chamber of C., Forest Products Research Association, West Coast Electronics Association, Industrial Design Society America (chairman W. Coast chapter 1961, chairman United States Senate patents committee 1964), Society Automotive Engineers.

Connections

Children: Jamie Walrath, Robert Duke, Scott Westgate, John William V.

Father:

John William Kelso

Mother:

Sahra Anna (Walrath) Kelso

child:

Robert Duke Kelso

child:

John William V. Kelso

child:

Jamie Walrath Kelso

child:

Scott Westgate Kelso