John Frederick Schoeppel

Background

Schoeppel, John Frederick was born on October 25, 1917 in South Bend, Indiana, United States. Son of Frederick Otto and Helen Schoeppel.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1939.

Career

Development engineer, Honeywell, Inc., Minneapolis, 1939-1947; manager flight references, Lear, Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1947-1960; general manager instruction and control division, Pneumo, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1960-1966; director new products, NWL Corporation, Kalamazoo, 1966-1971; vice president, general manager, Sundstrand Data Control, Redmond, Washington, 1971-1973; executive vice president, Veriflo Corporation, Richmond, California, 1974-1990; consultant R & D, Veriflo Corporation, Richmond, California, since 1990.

Achievements

• Achievements include patents for Autopilots, Gyros, Flight Reference Display, Equipment for Semiconductor Production, Automatic Autopilot;development of two gyro stable platforms for aircraft outpilot, modern all-attitude flight displays for Airforce and Navy. Avocations: advanced woodworking, photography, sound systems M C.

Membership

Member American Society for Testing and Materials, Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturers Institute (committee 1990-1992), SEMATECH Standards (committee 1991-1993).

Connections

Son of; married Jacqueline Mae Gall, April 17, 1949. Children: Pamela Jo, Sonja Lou.

Father:

Frederick Otto

Mother:

Helen Schoeppel

Spouse:

Jacqueline Mae Gall

child:

Sonja Lou Schoeppel

child:

Pamela Jo Schoeppel