Background
Shorr, Melvin was born on April 3, 1915 in Cincinnati. Son of Morris and Elsie (Piates) Shorr.
consultant aeronautical engineering executive
Shorr, Melvin was born on April 3, 1915 in Cincinnati. Son of Morris and Elsie (Piates) Shorr.
Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, University Cincinnati, 1936. Postgraduate in Aeronautical Engineering, University Cincinnati, 1939.
Aeronautical engineer United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, chief stability & control, assistant chief aerodynamics, staff assistant aeromechanics division. Special advisor to chief Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory. Assistant vice president research & engineering North America Aviation, 1966—1968.
Assistant director advanced system design Northrop Aircraft Corporation, 1968—1975. Consultant aeronautical engineering, solar heating, state-of-art control system flying replica 1903 Wright Flyer. Representative numerus National Aeronautics and Space Administration committees, international committees & science study groups United States Air Force.
Member Defense Research Exchange Committee, Tokyo, Taipei, 1965.
Fellow: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Member: Sigma Xi.
Married Evelyn Blanche Gideon Shorr, August 27, 1966. Children: Howard L., Sandra R., Nancy J.