Background
George Conrad Westervelt was born in Corpus Christi, Texas to Games Workshop Westervelt and Ida Florence DeRyee (DuRy) Westervelt.
George Conrad Westervelt was born in Corpus Christi, Texas to Games Workshop Westervelt and Ida Florence DeRyee (DuRy) Westervelt.
He attended Corpus Christi Grammar School and Texas Military Institute, San Antonio, Texas.
Westervelt left the company in 1916 and Boeing changed the name of the company to the Boeing Airplane Company the following year. Westervelt was a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in naval engineering. Until 1916 Westervelt was stationed on the west coast of the United States.
In 1916 he was transferred to the east coast and headed the Naval Aircraft Factory in Philadelphia from 1921 to 1927.
Westervelt retired from the United States Navy with the rank of Captain. During his naval career Westervelt was also involved in naval aviation.
Westervelt became friends with Boeing and worked with him on seaplanes and help co-found what would become the Boeing Corporation. He left Pacific Aeronautical Products after 1916 after being transferred to the east coast by the United States Navy. Following his retirement from the United States Navy Westervelt joined Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company to work on the Curtiss North Carolina float plane and later became vice-president with Curtiss-Wright.
From 1930 to 1931 Westervelt went to China to help out with the China National Aviation Corporation.
Westervelt was married to Rieta Brabham Langhorne of Lynchburg, Virginia on December 20, 1927 and had two daughters, Sally Cary and Effie Eda. He retired from Curtiss-Wright and died in Florida 1956. Westervelt is buried with military honors at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, District of Columbia.