Background
Attinello, John Salvatore was born on August 2, 1920 in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, United States.
Attinello, John Salvatore was born on August 2, 1920 in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, United States.
Business Systems Modernization-Energy cum laude, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, 1943. Student, California Institute of Technology. Master of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, Catholic University America, 1950.
Postgraduate, University Maryland, 1955.
Engineering officer overhaul and repair division, Naval Air Station, Kodiak and Attu, Alaska., 1943-1945;
special project officer service test department, Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Maryland., 1945-1946;
aircraft design, research division Bureau aeronautics, Navy Department, Washington, 1946-1948;
assistant head supersonic aerodynamics, Navy Department, 1949-1952;
head supersonic aerodynamics, Navy Department, 1952-1956;
assistant chief research, Fairchild Aircraft division, Hagerstown, Maryland., 1955-1957;
assistant to chief engineer technical, Fairchild Aircraft and Missiles division Fairchild Engine & Airplane Corporation, 1957-1959;
corporation science advisory board, Fairchild Aircraft and Missiles division Fairchild Engine & Airplane Corporation, 1958-1960;
assistant to dir engineering, Fairchild Aircraft and Missiles division Fairchild Engine & Airplane Corporation, 1959-1960;
chief Scout Class vehicles, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1961;
chief experimental development, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1961-1962;
senior technical staff, Institute Defense Analyses, research and engineering support division, since 1962;
consultant weapons systems evaluations division, Institute Defense Analyses, research and engineering support division, since 1962;
projects manager senior technical staff systems evaluation division, Institute Defense Analyses, research and engineering support division, 1966-1979;
projects manager senior technical staff systems evaluation division, System Planning Corporation, 1979-1982;
head aviation and surface effects department Program Planning Office, David Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center, 1982-1985. Numerous science lectures. Cons. British Ministry Supply and Royal Navy, 1952-1953.
Consultant University of Michigan, 1958, Atomic Energy Commission, since 1962.
Active Boy Scouts American. Secretary Franklin County Authority, Greencastle, Pennsylvania, 1957-1960. Vice president Pinecrest Citizens Association, 1962-1963.
Board directors Pinecrest Community Center, Inc., 1963, president, 1964. Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Associate fellow Institute Aerospace Sciences (council 1958-1960, 60-62), Royal Aeronautical Society.
Member National Security Industries Association, Institute Aeronautical Sciences (chairman Hagerstown section 1958-1959), Tau Beta Pi. Club: Toastmasters International.
Married); 4 children.