Background
Atchley, Raymond Deval was born on April 15, 1915 in Blackfoot, Idaho, United States. Son of Claude Deval and Marie Himmelgarn Atchley.
Atchley, Raymond Deval was born on April 15, 1915 in Blackfoot, Idaho, United States. Son of Claude Deval and Marie Himmelgarn Atchley.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1951. Business certified, University of California at Los Angeles, 1966.
Chief tool designer, co-founder Rohr Aircraft, San Diego, 1939-1941. Design engineer United States Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory, 1942-1946. Associate research engineer Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dynamic Analysis and Control Laboratory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1946-1951.
Vice president engineering Midwestern Instruments Inc., Tulsa, 1951-1954. Owner, president Raymond Atchley, Inc., West Los Angeles, California, 1954-1959. General manager Raymond Atchley division American Brake Shoe, 1959-1963.
Consultant aerospace division Abex Corporation, Oxnard, California, 1964-1965. Private practice consultant, 1966-1968. President Deval Industries, Inc., West Los Angeles, 1969-1984, Atchley Controls, Inc., Canoga Park, California, 1985-1990.
Senior technical advisor fluid controls division BW/Intellectual Property International, Inc., Van Nuys, 1991-1994. Senior technical advisor E-Sys. Raytheon, West Los Angeles, 1996-1997, Salt Lake City, 1995-1996.
Consultant, from 1998.
Corporal United States Marine Corps, 1933-1937. Member Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Association, University of California at Los Angeles Alumni Association.
Married Virginia Gifford, January 26, 1946. 1 child, Susan Virginia.
