John Skidmore Archer

Background

Archer, John Skidmore was born on November 10, 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Blazer and Hattie Leo (Skidmore) Archer.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, West Virginia University, 1944. Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1948. Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1950.

Career

Stepchildren: Brenda Gayle Krieter Sloan, Lynn Denise Martin McCloud, Dana Risé Tracy, Shebeck, Randy Lee Echols. Bridgedraftsman B.& O. R.R., 1944-1946. Bridge designer State Road Commission West Virginia, 1946-1947.

Research associate Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1950-1951, assistant professor сivil engineering department, 1951-1955. Project structures engineer General DynamicsCorp., Fort Worth, 1955-1960. Lecturer department сivil engineering Southern Methodist U., Dallas, 1955-1960.

Manager dynamics department Thompson Ramo Wooldridge/S&TG, Redondo Beach, California, 1960-1965, assistant manager mechanic engineering laboratory, 1966-1975, senior technical staff, mechanic systems operations, 1976-1985, senior technical staff, controls and mechanic systems operations, 1986-1991, engineering and test division, Thompson Ramo Wooldridge/S&TG. Lecturer department сivil engineering University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1960-1963. Lecturer structural dynamics and analysis University of California at Los Angeles, 1961-1963, 65, 66.

Guest lecturer University of Wisconsin, 1968, Cornell Univercity, 1968. Guest participant Joint United States-Japanese Symposium on Matrix Structural Analysis, Tokyo, 1969. Speaker. Registered profl.engr., Texas, California.

Achievements

• Achievements include patents in field.

Views

Every human being is made in the image of God, not just spiritually and morally, but also physically.

Membership

Member American Society of Civil Engineers (committee experimental analysis 1956-1959, Chairman of Commission electronic computation 1961-1964), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, PhiKappa Alpha. Club: King Harbor Yacht.

Connections

Married Juanita Hadaway, September 21, 1985. Children from previous marriage: JOhn Beatty, Evelyn Eleanor Archer Mayfield Griffith, Nathan Charles, Philip James, Rosemary Rene Archer Farleystepchildren: Brenda Gayle Krieter Sloan, Lynn Denise Martin McCloud, Dana Risé Tracy, Shebeck, Randy Lee Echols.

Father:

John Blazer Archer

Mother:

Hattie Leo (Skidmore) Archer

Spouse:

Juanita Hadaway

child:

Shebeck Archer

child:

Dana Risé Tracy Archer

child:

Lynn Denise Martin McCloud Archer

child:

Brenda Gayle Krieter Sloan Archer

child:

Randy Lee Echols Archer