Background
Davidson, John Richard was born on June 17, 1929 in Derby, Connecticut, United States. Son of LeRoy Harold and Bertha Margaret (Kernick) Davidson.
Davidson, John Richard was born on June 17, 1929 in Derby, Connecticut, United States. Son of LeRoy Harold and Bertha Margaret (Kernick) Davidson.
Standard Chartered Bank, Brown University, 1951. Master of Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1968.
Registered profile engineer, Virginia Research engineer National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, 1951-1965, head protective structures section, 1965-1970, assistant head structural integrity branch, 1970-1971, head fatigue and fracture branch, 1971-1985, retired, 1985. Consultant, professional engineer, 1985. Member structural integrity of aerospace vehicles panel Technology Cooperative Program (English speaking countries), 1982.
Aerospace panel chairman for workshop on potential applications of aerospace technical to marine transport industry, 1978.
Organizer 10th internat.meeting Society Engineering Science, 1973.
Member Amateur Radio Emergency Service, since 1980. Flotilla Commander United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, 1982, 85-86, member, 1978-2004. Member Pinal County Emergency Communications Group, 2005-2007, assistant emergancy coordinator, Davie County, North Carolina, since 2007.
Member American Radio Relay League, Sigma Xi.
Married Leota Ruth Brown, September 1, 1951 (divorced 1984). Children: John Eric, Richard Earle, John James. Married Barbara Ann LaJoie, April 17, 1998 (divorced 2008).