Background
Culpepper, Richard Groom was born on March 5, 1940 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Son of August Hume and Olive Gertrude (Birmingham) Culpepper.
Culpepper, Richard Groom was born on March 5, 1940 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Son of August Hume and Olive Gertrude (Birmingham) Culpepper.
Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1962. Graduate, National Defense University, 1984.
Assistant project engineer United States Army Aviation Material Laboratory, Newport News, Virginia, 1962—1966. Flight test engineer National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley Research Center, Hampton, 1966—1970, senior flight test engineer, 1970—1978, technical manager, 1978—1980. National Aeronautics and Space Administration representative Wright Patterson Air Force Base, 1981—1986.
Chief technical transfer National Aerospace Plane Joint Project, 1986—1990. Assistant to director National Aerospace Plane Program, 1990—1995. National Aeronautics and Space Administration principal deputy program director Air Force Hypersonic Technology Program, 1995—1999.
Director aerospace programs Accurate Automation Corporation, Chattanoogat, Tennessee, 1999—2001, aviation consultant, from 2001.
Committee member Pack 56, Tecumseh Council Boy Scouts America, 1981, chairman, 1982—1983. Fellow: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (vice president technical activities 1999—2001).
Married Martha Louise Edwards, November 5, 1966. Children: Carolyn Ann, Richard Brian.