Background
McKellar, Louis Alonzo was born on July 6, 1933 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Louis Winston and Frances Carolyn (Field) McKellar.
McKellar, Louis Alonzo was born on July 6, 1933 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Louis Winston and Frances Carolyn (Field) McKellar.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 1956. Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 1964.
Research engineer Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratories, California, 1959—1965. Supervisor, manager and materials engineer Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc., Sunnyvale, 1965—1969. Vice president Tano Corporation, New Orleans, 1969—1973.
Manager manufacturing Sierra Electronics, Menlo Park, California, 1974—1975. General manager, then president Raytek Inc., Mountain View, 1976—1980. Executive vice president Thoratec Laboratories Corporation, Berkeley, from 1980, president Thoratec Medical Inc.
Subsidiary, from 1984, secretary, from 1981, director, from 1981. President and director Biotex Industries (formerly Thoratec Products, Inc), 1982—1984. Served to lieutenant junior grade United States Navy, 1956-1959.
Member Alliance for Good Government, 1971—1973, vice president, 1972. Chairman Awalt High School Community Advisory Council, Los Altos, California, 1975—1976. Chairman director California Coast Opera (formerly Scholar Opera Inc.), Palo Alto, 1976—1985.
Board director Mountain View and Los Altos Education Foundation, 1984. Member of American Society for Testing and Materials (executive committee space simulation 1964-1966), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (vice chairman thermophysics committee 1965-1966), Aerospace Industries Association (panel on thermophys. properties 1962-1965).
Married Janet Reid Gresham, April 12, 1958. Children: Martha Field, Louis Gresham, James Reid, John Davis.