Background
Currie, Malcolm Roderick was born on March 13, 1927 in Spokane, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Erwin Casper and Genevieve (Hauenstein) Currie.
scientist Aerospace and automotive executive
Currie, Malcolm Roderick was born on March 13, 1927 in Spokane, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Erwin Casper and Genevieve (Hauenstein) Currie.
AB, University of California, Berkeley, 1949; Master of Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1954.
Research engineer, Microwave Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, 1949-1952;
electrical engineering faculty microwave laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, 1953-1954;
lecturer, University of California at Los Angeles, 1955-1957;
research engineer, Hughes Aircraft Company, 1954-1957;
vice president, Hughes Aircraft Company, 1965-1966;
head electron dynamics department, Hughes Research laboratories, Culver City, California, 1957-1960;
director physics laboratory, Hughes Research laboratories, Malibu, California, 1960-1961;
associate director, Hughes Research laboratories, Malibu, California, 1961-1963;
vice-president, director research laboratories, Hughes Research laboratories, Malibu, California, 1963-1965;
vice president, manager R & D division, Hughes Research laboratories, Malibu, California, 1965-1969;
vice president R & D, Beckman Instruments, Inc., 1969-1973;
undersecretary research and engineering department, Office Secretary Defense, Washington, 1973-1977;
president missile system group, Hughes Aircraft Company, Canoga Park, California, 1977-1983;
executive vice president, Hughes Aircraft Company, Canoga Park, California, 1983-1988;
Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, Board Of Directors, Hughes Aircraft Company, Canoga Park, California, since 1988;
also board directors, Hughes Aircraft Company, Canoga Park, California
president, Chief Executive Officer, Delco electronics corporation, 1986-1988. Chairman, Chief Executive Officer Hughes Aircraft Company, 1988-1992, chairman emeritus, since 1992. Chief Executive Officer Currie Technologies Inc., since 1997.
Board directors Unocal Corporation, Investment Company American, LSI Logic Corporation, Master of Science & A Corporation, Moltech Corporation. Member Defense Science Board.
Member advisory board University California, Berkeley, University of California at Los Angeles, Galaxy Education Institute, California Council of Scientific and Technology. Former chairman board trustees University Southern California, 1989. Trustee Howard University, 1989-1992, University of California at Los Angeles Foundation.
Board directors western region United Way, 1987. Coordinator, head United States Savings Bond Doctor, Southern California, 1991, former directors Union Ville, LSI Logil. With United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1947.
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Founders award 1995), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (president 1994, Goddard Astronautics award), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal Aeronautic Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member National Academy of Engineering, Berkeley Fellow, Commission on Competitiveness, California Council on Science and Technology (co-chair project California), Cosmos Club, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Sunya Lofsky, June 24, 1951. Children: Deborah, David, Diana. Married Barbara L. Dyer, March 5, 1977.