Background
Curtin, Richard Daniel was born on April 2, 1915 in Taunton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Patrick Henry and Della (Hart) Curtin.
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Curtin, Richard Daniel was born on April 2, 1915 in Taunton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Patrick Henry and Della (Hart) Curtin.
Student, Brown U., 1933-1935; Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1939; Master of Science, University of Michigan, 1950.
Commissioned Second lieutenant, United States Army, 1939; advanced through grades to major general, United States Air Force, 1963; various assignments, United States, Panama, England, France, Morocco, Turkey, Germany, 1939-1967; instructor, Air U., Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, 1946-1948; plans officer, war plans division Headquarters, United States Air Force, Washington, 1950-1954; director plans, later chief staff Headquarters, 17th Air Force, N.Africa, 1954-1956; executive weapons systems Headquarters, ARDC, Baltimore, 1956-1958; deputy commander space programs, Air Force Ballistic Missile Division, Inglewood, California, 1958-1960; director systems development, Distributed control system/D, Headquarters, United States Air Force, Washington, 1960; director Office Space Programs, Office Secretary Air Force, Washington, 1960-1962; director development plans Distributed control system/Research and Development, Headquarters, United States Air Force, Washington, 1962-1965; United States military defense advisor, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Paris, 1965-1967; retired, United States Air Force, 1967; director management engineering, Bell Aerosystems Company, Buffalo, 1967-1968; group vice-president, director, Southwestern Research Corporation, Phoenix, 1968-1970; president, Dynamic System Electronics, Tempe, Arizona, 1968-1970; vice president, Planning Research Corporation, Chicago, 1970-1973; general manager, The Jacobs Company, Chicago, 1970-1973; director technical management, American Defense Preparedness Association, Washington, 1973-1977; president, Curtin Associations, Inc., Phoenix, since 1977.
Chairman board directors Water Associations, Inc., Phoenix, since 1991. Member of advisory board Heard Museum, Phoenix. Association fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Member Air Force Association, Retired Officers Association, Brown U. Alumni Association, University of Michigan Alumni Association, Association Graduates United States Military Academy, Army-Navy Club.
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Married Mary Shirley Ray, May 10, 1969 (deceased April 1985). Married Martha S. Gayster, June 7, 2000.