Joseph Gleason Gavin

Background

Gavin,, Joseph Gleason was born on September 18, 1920 in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph Gleason and Elizabeth (Tay) Gavin.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Master of Science in aeronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1942.

Career

With Grumman Aerospace Corporation, Bethpage, New York, from 1946, chief missile & space engineer, 1957-1962, vice president, 1962-1970. Director Grumman Aerospace Corporation (Lunar Module program), 1953-1972, senior vice president, 1970-1972, president, 1972-1976, chairman board, 1973-1976. President, chief operating officer Grumman Corporation, Bethpage, 1976-1985, chairman executive committee, 1985, retired, 1985.

Board directors European American Banking Corporation, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., Pine St. Fund. Member energy research advisory board Department Energy.

Membership

Member corporation visiting committee department aerospace and astronautics Massachusetts Institute of Technology, member executive committee Massachusetts Institute of Technology corporation, 1985-2010, life member, 1988-2010. Former president Harborfields Board Education, Central School District 6, Huntington, New York, 1960-1964. Chairman United Fund, 1978.

Trustee Huntington Hospital, Polytechnic Institute New York. Member policy advisory committee, advisory panel on fusion energy United States Department Defense. Member committee on advanced space based high power technologies National Research Council.

Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (past president), American Astronautical Society. Member Aerospace Industries Association, National Academy Engineering, International Academy Astronautics.

Connections

Married Dorothy Dunklee, September 1943. Children: Joseph Gleason III, Tay Anne (Mistress Peter B. Erickson) (deceased 1998), Donald Lewis.

Father:

Joseph Gleason Gavin,

Mother:

Elizabeth (Tay) Gavin,

Spouse:

Dorothy Dunklee

child:

Joseph Gleason III Gavin,

child:

Donald Lewis Gavin,

child:

Tay Anne Gavin, (Mistress Peter B. Erickson) (deceased 1998)