Background
III, Joseph Matte, was born on February 14, 1916 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Joseph and Beulah (Wood) M.
consultant mechanical engineer
III, Joseph Matte, was born on February 14, 1916 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Joseph and Beulah (Wood) M.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Wayne state University, 1938. Student, University Michigan, 1967.
Plant layout draftsman Fisher Body division, General Motors Corporation, Detroit, 1939-1942; plant engineering draftsman, Budd Company, Detroit, 1948-1957; manager design section, Atomic Power Development Associations, Detroit, 1957-1972; quality assurance, Detroit Edison Company, 1973-1975; project manager, Electr Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, California, 1975-1985; private consultant, Spokane, Washington, 1986-1989. Consultant in field.
Board of directors Inner City Business Improvement Forum, Detroit, 1967. President Lafayette Townhouses, Inc., Detroit, 1968. Lieutenant United States Coast Guard, 1942-1946.
Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers (chairman of the section 1986-1992), American Nuclear Society, Bayview Yacht Club.
Married Catherine Louise Brenneman, June 9, 1956 (deceased October 1974). Children: Karen Louise Matte Schenkenfelder, William Joseph, Jonathan Andrew. Married Wilda Arlene Stoner, September 1, 1979.