Background
Bretoi, Remus Nicolae was born on April 9, 1925 in St. Paul. Son of Nicolae and Elena (Puscas) Bretoi.
Bretoi, Remus Nicolae was born on April 9, 1925 in St. Paul. Son of Nicolae and Elena (Puscas) Bretoi.
Bachelor Aeronautical Engineering, University Minnesota, 1945. Master of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, University Minnesota, 1946. Master of Business Administration, Golden Gate University, 1979.
Research analyst, North America Aviation, Inc., El Segundo, California, 1946-1948; flight control research engineer, then supervisor, Honeywell, Inc., Minneapolis, 1948-1958; military products group planning staff, Honeywell, Inc., Minneapolis, 1958-1961; manager R & D, Honeywell GmbH, Doernigheim, Federal Republic Germany, 1961-1963; section head guidance and control, Honeywell Inc., Minneapolis, 1963-1967; chief special projects office, control laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Elec. Research Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1967-1970; chief STOL experiments office, chief avionics research branch, staff assistant programs, research engineer/scientist, National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, since 1970; now, assistant chief extravehicular systems branch, National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, since 1990.
Board directors International Institute Minnesota, St. Paul, 1959-1967. President Casa Romana & Capela, Oakland, 1989-1991. President parish council Holy Resurrection Romanian Orthodox parish, Oakland, 1984-1988.
Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, National Society of Professional Engineers, Theta Tau, Sigma Gamma Tau.
Married Yvonne Zumbusch, December 28, 1953. Children: Christopher Lee, Stephen Nicolae, Kim Ferdinand, Anita Elena.