Background
Burton, Ralph Ashby was born on October 31, 1925 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. Son of Cleveland Cunningham and Sadie (King) Burton.
Burton, Ralph Ashby was born on October 31, 1925 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. Son of Cleveland Cunningham and Sadie (King) Burton.
Bachelor of Science, U. Arkansas, 1947. Master of Science, University Texas, 1951,Doctor of Philosophy, 1952.
Research instructor University Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1947—1949. Teaching fellow University Texas, Austin, 1949—1952. Assistant professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1952—1954.
Associate professor University Missouri, Columbia, 1954—1958. Staff scientist, section manager Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, 1958—1967. Liaison scientist United States Office Naval Research, London, 1967—1969.
Professor mechanical engineering Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1969—1980, head department mechanical, aerospace engring, 1969—1980. Head department mechanical, aerospace engineering North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1980—1985. President Burton Technologies, since 1985.
Special assignment Office Naval Research, Arlington, Virginia, 1978—1979.
Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (centennial medallion Chicago section 1980), STLE, Cosmos Club, Sigma Xi.
Married Nancy Gaines, August 4, 1948 (deceased). 1 child, Ralph G. Research.