Rebecca Hall Sparling

Background

Sparling, Rebecca Hall was born on June 7, 1910 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Robert Meredith and Kate Wallace (Sampson) Hall.

Education

Bachelor, Vanderbilt University, 1930. Master of Science, Vanderbilt University, 1931.

Career

Metallurgist American Cast Iron Pipe, Birmingham, Alabama, 1931—1932, Lakeside Malleable, Racine, Wisconsin, 1933—1934. Technical writer William H. Baldwin, New York City, 1934—1935. Consultant engineer Detroit, 1936—1944.

Design specialist Northrop Aircraft, Hawthorne, California, 1944—1951, General Dynamics, Pomona, 1951—1968. Energy consultant Laguna Hills, 1973—1985.

Achievements

• Rebecca Hall Sparling has been listed as a noteworthy materials engineer, energy executive, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Air Pollution Control Board, San Bernardino County, 1973. Board directors American Association of University Women, 1974—1984. Consultant, intervenor California Energy Commission, 1975—1982.

Officer, leader Foreign Policy Association Leisure World, Laguna Hills, 1980—1984. Fellow: Institute Advancement Engineering, Society Woman Engineers. Member: American Society Nondestructive Testing, American Society Metals, Delta Delta Delta.

Connections

Married Edwin Kinmonth Smith, October 30, 1935 (divorced 1947). 1 child Douglas Kinmonth. Married Joseph Sparling, July 10, 1948.

Father:

Robert Meredith Hall

Mother:

Kate Wallace (Sampson) Hall

Spouse:

Joseph Sparling

Spouse:

Edwin Kinmonth Smith

child:

Douglas Kinmonth Sparling