Background
Strain, John Willard was born on December 31, 1929 in Ottumwa, Iowa, United States. Son of John Wells and Agnes Gertrude (Kearns) Strain.
landscape artist Consulting aerospace engineer
Strain, John Willard was born on December 31, 1929 in Ottumwa, Iowa, United States. Son of John Wells and Agnes Gertrude (Kearns) Strain.
Student, Upper Iowa University, 1947—1948. Bachelor, University Northern Iowa, 1952.
Associate editor Missile Away Magazine American Rocket Society, 1954—1955. Supervisor, aeronautical rocket power plant engineer White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico, 1954—1955. Manager Santa Cruz Test and Hunters Point, Missile Systems Division Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Sunnyvale, California, 1960—1963, East Test Range Support, 1966—1973.
Chief test engineer Aquila RPV/STD Program, 1975—1978. Factory test manager Army RPV Program, 1979—1982, qualification and test engineering division manager, chief test engineer, 1982—1984, management proposal assignment, 1984—1989. Retired, 1989; owner Industrial Systems Company.
Board directors San Jose Civic Light Opera, 1971—1973, Grants Pass Museum Art, 1993—1995. President Josephine County Artists Association, since 1994. Treasurer Association Unmanned Vehicle Systems, 1982—1984.
With United States Army, 1952-1954.
Fellow: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Member: American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Management Association, Institute Environmental Sciences (senior ).
Married Elizabeth LaVonne Moment, December 27, 1952 (deceased). Married Judith Lee Scott, February 11, 1989. Children: James Anthony, Mary Therese, Michael Douglas, Meagan Kathleen.