Background
Bilenas, Jonas was born on December 2, 1928 in Kaunas, Lithuania. Son of Pranas and Jadvyga (Ambraziejus) Bilenas. came to the United States, 1949.
Bilenas, Jonas was born on December 2, 1928 in Kaunas, Lithuania. Son of Pranas and Jadvyga (Ambraziejus) Bilenas. came to the United States, 1949.
Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering, City College of New York, 1955. Diploma, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) School Reactor Technology, 1957. Doctor of Philosophy, City University of New York, 1969.
Engineer, Babcock & Wilcox Company. New York City, 1955-1956;
engineer, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, 1956-1957;
group head, American Machine & Foundry Company, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1957-1964;
group head, Grumman Aerospace Corporation, Bethpage, New York, 1964-1972;
specialist infrared countermeasures (IRCM) technical, Grumman Aerospace Corporation, Bethpage, New York, 1972-1983;
projects manager IRCM, Grumman Aerospace Corporation, Bethpage, New York, 1983-1993;
retired, 1993;
professor, City College of New York and CUNY Graduate Center, New York City, since 1969. Part-time professor mechanic engineering State University of New York, Stony Brook, since 1988.
Member programcom. National Infrared Countermeasures Symposia, 1990-1993.
Chairman board directors Lithuanian Cultural Center, Inc., Brooklyn, since 1995. Member platform planning committee, delegate-at-large National Republican Senatorial Committee, Washington, since 1993. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers (technical committee on aeronautical and aerospace heat transfer 1974-1980), National Society of Professional Engineers, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma.
Married Dana Melynis, April 17, 1955. Children: Jonas V., Andrius R., Laura R.