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MacNeill, John Harmon was born on October 27, 1919 in Honolulu. Son of John Pehrson and Harriett Thelma (Harmon) MacN.
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John Harmon MacNeill
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John Harmon MacNeill, American Mechanical engineer. Achievements include patents for rack and pinion differential printer, high speed tape punch, high speed dot matrix printer. Sponsor, organizer annual international sailing regatta, 1969-1994. First lieutenant Ordnance, United States Army, 1942-1946, PTO. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Space Coast Personal Computer Users Group, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.
Education
Bachelor of Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1942.
Career
Mechanic engineer, Fairchild Engine & Airplane Corporation, Oak Ridge, 1947-1948;
mechanic engineer, Raytheon Manufacturing Company, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1948-1950;
senior engineer, Air Force Missile Test Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, 1950-1954;
vice president engineering, Soroban Engineering, Inc., Melbourne and Palm Bay, Florida, 1954-1970;
vice president engineering, Optical Business Machines, Melbourne, 1970-1982;
senior engineer, Florida Data Corporation, Melbourne, 1982-1988;
senior engineer, Technoogy Svc. Group Inc., Melbourne, 1988-1993;
owner, MacNeill Engineering, since 1995. Careers Day presenter various schools, 1980-1994.
Judge state science and engineering fairs Florida Foundation Future Scientists, 1980-1997.
Achievements
Membership
Sponsor, organizer annual international sailing regatta, 1969-1994. First lieutenant Ordnance, United States Army, 1942-1946, PTO. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Space Coast Personal Computer Users Group, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.
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Married Margaret Elizabeth Benedict, September 16, 1947. Children: Jean Benedict, John Benedict.
