Background
Bankhead, Porter Lee was born on September 28, 1941 in Hickory Grove, South Carolina, United States. Son of Robert Odell and Helen Dorothy Bankhead.
Bankhead, Porter Lee was born on September 28, 1941 in Hickory Grove, South Carolina, United States. Son of Robert Odell and Helen Dorothy Bankhead.
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, South Carolina State College, 1963.
Mathematician National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 1966. Deputy chief of staff for logistics United States Army, Reford, Virginia, 1966-1967. Member technical staff Computer Sciences Corporation, Silver Spring, Maryland, 1967-1969.
Programmer-analyst Alloy Valves and Control Corporation, Wilmington, Massachusetts, 1969-1973. Chairman, chief executive officer Systems and Applied Sciences Corporation, Vienna, since 1973.
Served to lieutenant United States Army, 1963-1965. Member Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, Air Force Association, National Space Club, Kappa Alpha Psi.