Miles Averill Townsend

Background

Townsend, Miles Averill was born on April 16, 1935 in Buffalo, New York, United States. Son of Francis Devere and Sylvia (Wolpa) Townsend.

Education

Bachelor, Stanford University, 1955; Bachelor of Science MechE, University of Michigan, 1958; advanced certified, University of Illinois, 1963; Master of Science in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1971.

Career

Project engineer, Sundstrand, Rockford, Illinois, 1959-1963; project engineer, Twin Disc Inc., Rockford, 1963-1965, 67-68; senior engineer, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Sunnyvale, California, 1965-1967; instructor, fellow, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1968-1971; associate professor, U. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1971-1974; professor mechanic engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1974-1981; Wilson professor mechanic and aerospace engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, since 1981; department chairman, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1981-1991. Partner, vice president Endev Ltd., Canada and United States, since 1972. Consultant in field.

Achievements

• Miles Averill Townsend has been listed as a noteworthy Aerospace and mechanical engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member of New York Academy Sciences, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, PiTau Sigma.

Interests

• Avocations: running, reading, music.

Connections

Children: Kathleen Townsend Hastings, Melissa, Stephen, Joel, Philip.

Father:

Francis Devere Townsend

Mother:

Sylvia (Wolpa) Townsend

child:

Joel Townsend

child:

Philip Townsend

child:

Stephen Townsend

child:

Kathleen Townsend Hastings Townsend

child:

Melissa Townsend