Otis Halbert Burnside

Background

Burnside, Otis Halbert was born on May 26, 1943 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Son of Dorothy (Benbow) Burnside.

Education

BSEM, Georgia Technology Institute, 1965; MSEM, Georgia Technology Institute, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Mechanics, University of Michigan, 1975.

Career

Senior research engineer, S.W. Research Institute, San Antonio, 1973-1979; group leader, S.W. Research Institute, San Antonio, 1979-1986; manager, S.W. Research Institute, San Antonio, 1986-1992; director, S.W. Research Institute, San Antonio, since 1992.

Achievements

• Otis Halbert Burnside has been listed as a noteworthy Mechanical engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Zoning Commission, Leon Valley, Texas, 1984-1989. Captain United States Army, 1967-1970. Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (technical editor Applied Mechanics Reviews since 1979).

Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics(associate fellow, Engineer of Year 1991).

Connections

Married Rita Freitag, July 4, 1969.

Father:

Dorothy (Benbow) B. Burnside

Spouse:

Rita Freitag