Background
Strother, Dora Dougherty was born on November 27, 1921 in St. Paul. Daughter of John Maynard and Esther Lucile (Wardle) Dougherty.
Strother, Dora Dougherty was born on November 27, 1921 in St. Paul. Daughter of John Maynard and Esther Lucile (Wardle) Dougherty.
Associate of Arts, Cottey College, 1941; Bachelor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1949; Master of Science, University of Illinois, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1955.
Flight instructor, ferry pilot airports, New York, Illinois, 1944-1949; flight instructor, Institute Aviation, University of Illinois, 1949-1950; research pilot, research associate Aviation Psychology Laboratory, Institute Aviation, University of Illinois, 1950-1956; human engineering specialist, Martin Company, Baltimore, 1957-1958; human factors engineer, Bell Helicopters Company, Fort Worth, 1958-1962; chief human factors group, Bell Helicopters Company, Fort Worth, 1962-1984; manager human factors engineering and cockpit arrangement, Bell Helicopters Company, Fort Worth, 1984-1986. Vice president, assistant treasurer Texas Metropolitan Publs., Inc., 1965-1977. Speaker in field.
Member advisory county Texas Aero. Commission, 1963-1964. Panel member College Town Hall Programs, 1962.
Member President's advising committee on aviation Federal Aviation Administration, chairman women's advising committee on aviation, 1966-1968. Judge International Science Fair, Dallas, 1966. Chairman of the board of trustees Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship Fund of Ninety-Nines, Inc.
Member of advisory board United Cerebral Palsy of Tarrant County, Texas, 1972-1975. Member women's advisory county Tarrant County Junior College, 1976-1979, chairman, 1977-1979. Member, technical consultant United States Army Science Board, 1985-1991.
Member of advisory board Dallas-Fort Worth Airport Assistance Center, 1986-1993, Women in Science Program University Texas at Arlington, 1979-1984. Member Texas Education Agency Advisory Council on Aerospace-Aviation Education, 1978-1983, chairman, 1978-1980. Board directors Fort Worth Aviation History Foundation, since 1989.
Lieutenant colonel United States Air Force Reserve, 1949-1977, United States Air Force Reserve, retired, since 1977. Fellow APA, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate, technical judge student papers 1961, member tech.com. on life science and systems 1970-1973), Human Factors Society American (Jerome H. Ely award 1968), American Helicopter Society (crew station and human factors engineering technical committee since 1991). Member Tarrant County Psychological Association (president 1969-1970), Association United States Army, Society Engineering Psychologists, Soaring Society American, Texas Soaring Association (chief tow pilot 1961-1962), 99s (chairman Fort Worth, Chicago, Center Illinois), Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.), Whirley-Girls Inc., National Safety Council.
Married Lester J. Strother, 1966.