John Wilder Wilder Wilder Miles

Background

MILES, John was born on December 1, 1920 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of Harold Miles and Cleopatra (Morton) Miles.

Education

Bachelor of Science, California Institute of Technology, 1942. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1943. Master of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1944.

Doctor of Philosophy, 1944.

Career

With research laboratory General Electric Company, Schenectady, 1942. Instructor California Institute of Technology, 1943-1944. With radiation laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1944.

With Lockheed Aircraft Company, Burbank, California, 1944-1945. Assistant professor University of California at Los Angeles, 1945-1949, associate professor, 1949-1955, professor, 1955-1961. Professor applied mathematics Australian National University, 1962-1964.

Professor applied mechanics and geophysics University California at San Diego, from 1965, chairman applied mechanics and engineering science, 1968-1972, vice chancellor academy affairs, 1980-1983. Consultant Northrop Aircraft Company, 1946-1949, North America Aviation Company, 1948-1951, United States Naval Ordnance Test Station, 1948-1951, Douglas Aircraft Company, 1952-1954, Ramo Wooldridge Corporation, 1955-1960, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1959-1960, Aerospace Corporation, 1961-1968, Gulf General Atomic Corporation, 1965-1968, Systems Science & Software, 1972-1975, Science Applications, 1978-1980, Gas Centrifuge Theory Consultant Group, 1978-1985. Otto Laporte lecturer American Physical Society, 1983.

Membership

Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Academy mechanics. Member National Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy of Sciences, Federation American Scientists, American Geophysical Union, Sigma Xi., Tau Beta Pi.

Interests

• Amateur radio, cycling, swimming.

Connections

Married Herberta Blight, June 19, 1943. Children: Patricia Marie, Diana Catherine, Ann Leslie.

Father:

Harold M. Miles

Mother:

Cleopatra (Morton) Miles

Spouse:

Herberta Blight

child:

Diana Catherine Miles

child:

Ann Leslie Miles

child:

Patricia Marie Miles