Richard Henley Woodward Waesche

Background

Waesche, Richard Henley Woodward was born on December 20, 1930 in Baltimore. Son of J(oseph) Edward and Margaret Steuart (Woodward) Waesche.

Education

Graduated from the University Alabama

Career

Scientist Rohm & Haas Redstone division, Huntsville, Alabama Assistant Princeton University, 1961-1964. Scientist Rohm & Haas, Huntsville, 1964-1966.

Scientist Atlantic Research Corporation, Gainesville, Virginia, 1981-1993, Science Applications International Corporation, 1993.

Editor Journal Spacecraft and Rockets, 1975-1980, editor-in-chief, 1980-1986, Journal Propulsion and Power, 1986.

Achievements

• Richard Henley Woodward Waesche has been listed as a notable combustion research scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Executive Board Dictionary of Modern Science and Technology. Member executive advisory board Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology. Chairman Fine Arts Commission, Glastonbury, Connecticut, 1975-1977.

Served to corporal United States Army, 1952-1954.

Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (chairman propellants and combustion technical committee 1975-1977, propulsion technical group coordinator 1979-1981, technical activities committee 1979, publications committee 1980, institute development committee 1988-1993, finance committee 1988, director propulsion & energy 1992-1995, board directors 1992-1995, Best Paper in Solid Rockets 1989). Member American Physical Society, Combustion Institute, National Defense Industrial Association, International Pyrotechnics Society, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Lucy Spotswood White, June 29, 1957. Children: Charles Russell, Ann Spotswood.

Father:

J(oseph) Edward Waesche

Mother:

Margaret Steuart (Woodward) Waesche

Spouse:

Lucy Spotswood White

child:

Charles Russell Waesche

child:

Ann Spotswood Waesche