Kenneth McKechnie Eldred

Background

Eldred, Kenneth McKechnie was born on November 25, 1929 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Robert Moseley and Jean McKechnie (Ashton) Eldred.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1950; postgraduate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1951-1953; postgraduate, University of California at Los Angeles, 1960-1963.

Career

Engineer in charge vibration and sound laboratory Boston Naval Shipyard, 1951-1954. Supervisory physicist, chief physical acoustics section United States Air Force, Wright Field, Ohio, 1956-1957. Vice president, consultant acoustics Western Electro-Acoustics Laboratories, Los Angeles, 1957-1963.

Vice president, technical director science services and systems group Wyle Laboratories, El Segundo, California, 1963-1973. Vice president, director division environmental and noise control technical Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1973-1977, principal consultant, 1977-1981. Director Ken Eldred Engineering.

Member executive standards council American National Standards Institute, 1979-1981, vice-chairman, 1981-1983, chairman, 1985-1987, board directors, 1983-1987. Board directors, Ince Foundation. Member, past chairman Acoustical Standards Board.

Member committee hearing, bioacoustics and biomechanics National Research Council, 1963-1988. Chairman International Standards Organization Technology Committee TC108 Mechanical Shock and Vibration, 1994-1999. Board directors, treasurer Earcraft Technology Inc., 1999-2003.

Achievements

• Kenneth McKechnie Eldred has been listed as a noteworthy acoustician, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with United States Air Force, 1954-1956. Fellow Acoustical Society American (Studies. director 1987-1993, past chairman coordinating committee environmental acoustics, Silver Medal in Noise 1994). Member National Academy of Engineering, Institute Noise Control Engineering (president 1976, board directors 1987-1991), Society Automotive Engineers, Society Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club, Blue Water Sailing Club, Down East Yacht Club.

Connections

Married Helene Barbara Koerting Fischer, May 31, 1957. 1 daughter, Heidi Jean.

Father:

Robert Moseley Eldred

Mother:

Jean McKechnie (Ashton) Eldred

Spouse:

Helene Barbara Koerting Fischer