Lawrence Myers Mead

Background

Mead, Lawrence Myers was born on May 11, 1918 in Plainfield, New Jersey, United States. Son of Lawrence Myers and Eleanor Whitman (Machado) Mead.

Education

B.S.E., Princeton University, 1940; C.E., Princeton University, 1941; postgraduate management, Harvard Business School, 1964.

Career

With, Grumman Corporation, Bethpage, New York, 1941-1993; vice president technical operations, Grumman Aerospace Corporation, Bethpage, New York, 1972-1975; senior vice president department operations, Grumman Aerospace Corporation, Bethpage, New York, 1975-1981; senior vice president technical operations, Grumman Aerospace Corporation, Bethpage, New York, 1981-1983; senior management consultant, 1983-1993.

Achievements

• Lawrence Myers Mead has been listed as a noteworthy aerospace executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee, police commissioner, deputy mayor Village of Huntington Bay, New York, 1975-1980. Trustee New York City Hall of Science Fellow Polytechnic U., 1981. Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Member National Academy of Engineering, Long Island Forum on Technology (board directors, past Chairman of the Board), Society Logistic Engineers, Society Advancement Materials and Process Engineering, Princeton University Alumni Association.

Connections

Married Janet Chase, February 21, 1942. Children— Lawrence Myers, Kirtland Chase, Jonathan Taylor, Bradford Machado.

Father:

Lawrence Myers Mead

Mother:

Eleanor Whitman (Machado) Mead

Spouse:

Janet Chase