Kenneth Rodman Purdy

Background

Purdy, Kenneth Rodman was born on October 16, 1933 in New Rochelle, New York, United States. Son of Kenneth O. and Edna (Miller) Purdy.

Education

Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Technology, 1956. Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Technology University, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Technology University, 1963.

Career

Aircraft engineer, Lockheed Georgia, Marietta, 1956; from instructor to assistant professor, Georgia Technology, Atlanta, 1956-1964; principal research engineer, Georgia Technology U., Atlanta, 1976-1979; from assistant professor to associate professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1964-1968; professor mechanic engineering, Tennessee Technology U., Cookeville, 1968-1976; associate dean engineering, Tennessee Technology U., Cookeville, 1973-1976, '86-; vice president engineering, American Carbons, Inc., Smyrna, Georgia, 1979-1986. American Society for Engineering Education-National Aeronautics and Space Administration faculty fellow George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, summers, 1968, 69. Interim department chairman Mech.

Engineering, Tennessee Technology U., Cookeville, 1990.

Achievements

• Kenneth Rodman Purdy has been listed as a noteworthy mechanical engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society for Engineering Education, Order of Engineer, Rotary, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Tau Sigma, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.

Interests

• Avocations: water sports, reading.

Connections

Married Nancy Beam, March 20, 1954. Children: Linda Purdy Carter, Kenneth Jeffrey.

Father:

Kenneth O. Purdy

Mother:

Edna (Miller) Purdy

Spouse:

Nancy Beam

child:

Kenneth Jeffrey Purdy

child:

Linda Purdy Carter Purdy