Background
Bleymaier, Joseph Sylvester was born on December 31, 1915 in Austin, Texas, United States. Son of Jacob and Mary Ann (Frish) Bleymaier.
Bleymaier, Joseph Sylvester was born on December 31, 1915 in Austin, Texas, United States. Son of Jacob and Mary Ann (Frish) Bleymaier.
Bachelor of Business Administration, University Texas, 1950. Graduate, Air Command and Staff School, 1950. Graduate, Air War College, 1954.
Commissioned Second lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1942, advanced through grades to major general, 1967. Chief equipment division Headquarters Air Research and Development Command, 1954-1956, deputy director astronautics, 1956-1958. Also director subsystems development.
Assistant deputy Commander ballistics missiles Air Force Ballistic Missile Division, 1958-1960. Deputy for launch vehicles, systems program director, also deputy Commander manned systems Headquarters Space Systems Division, 1961-1965. Commander Air Force Western Test Range, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, 1965-1967.
Deputy director MOL program United States Air Force. Also deputy Commander SSD MOL, Los Angeles, 1967-1969. Retired, 1969; general manager CONUS-Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc Saudi Arabia Consortium, Columbia, Maryland, 1969-1998.
Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (astronautics award 1965), Society Military Engineers, Air Force Association, American Ordnance Association, American Management Association Clubs: Knights of Columbus.
Married Rosemary Josephine Mathias, June 25, 1942. Children: Joseph Sylvester, Marianne, Theodore, John, Eugene.