Otis Ewing Lancaster

Background

Lancaster, Otis Ewing was born on January 28, 1909 in Pleasant Hill, Missouri, United States. Son of Hayden Guard and Ida May (Seaton) Lancaster.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Central Missouri University, Warrenburg, 1929. Master of Arts, Missouri University, Columbia, 1934. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1937.

Aeronautical engineer, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1945.

Career

Teacher, High Schools, Oak Grove, Independence, Missouri, 1929-1933; instructor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1936-1937; assistant professor, U. Maryland., College Park, Maryland., 1939-1942; research division, Bureau Aeronautics, Washington, 1945-1954; statistician planning staff, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, 1954-1955; director economics and statistics, United States Post Office Department, Washington, 1955-1957; westinghouse professor for engineering education, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1957-1975; associate dean College Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 1967-1974; chief mathematics and statistics, Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, 1976-1980. Consultant National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, 1965-1969, Federal Aviation Administration, Interstate Commerce Commission.

Achievements

• Otis Ewing Lancaster has been listed as a noteworthy engineering educator, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Jet Propulsion Engines (Princeton Legacy Library)

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  • Jet Propulsion Engines: Vol. XII

Membership

Served to captain United States Navy, from 1942. Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society for Engineering Education (president 1977-1978, Distinguished Service citation 1982).

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, bridge.

Connections

Married Hildreth Adele Herald, December 5, 1942. Children: Elaine Adele, Hayden Ewing, Dale Burkham.

Father:

Hayden Guard Lancaster

Mother:

Ida May (Seaton) Lancaster

Spouse:

Hildreth Adele Herald

child:

Elaine Adele Lancaster

child:

Dale Burkham Lancaster

child:

Hayden Ewing Lancaster