Background
Duckworth, Jerrell James was born on July 22, 1940 in Fort Payne, Alabama, United States. Son of James K. and Maggie Lee (Hartline) Duckworth.
Duckworth, Jerrell James was born on July 22, 1940 in Fort Payne, Alabama, United States. Son of James K. and Maggie Lee (Hartline) Duckworth.
Associate of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering, DeVry Institute of Technology, 1963.
General engineer McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, St. Louis, 1963-1966. Senior associate engineer International Business Machines Corporation Corporation Space Systems Center, Huntsville, Alabama, 1966-1972. Chief engineer Electric Systems Inc., Chattanooga, 1972-1980.
Director electrical engineering Chattanooga Corporation, 1980-1991. Director engineering Chattanooga Group Inc., 1991-1995. Vice president of engineering GoPro, Inc., Hendersonville, Tennessee, 1995-2000.
Program manager ISC, Inc., 2000—2001. Consultant, since 2001.
Served with United States Army, Air Defense Command,1958-1961. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Engineering Medicine Biology Society, Association Advancement Medical Instrumentation, Instrument Society of America, United States Space Foundation, American Legion.
Married Yvonne Cheryl Jones, November 2, 1974. One child, Shelby Elizabeth.