Background
Evans, Richard Taylor was born on July 2, 1940 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Lawrence T. Evans and Geraldine E. (Shoemaker) Dorsey.
Evans, Richard Taylor was born on July 2, 1940 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Lawrence T. Evans and Geraldine E. (Shoemaker) Dorsey.
AB Pre-Engineering, Columbia University, New York City, 1962. Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Colorado University, Boulder, 1964. Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, Dayton, Ohio, 1969.
Doctor of Philosophy in Aerospace Engineering, University Texas, Austin, Texas, 1980.
Launch crew commander, instructor, Minuteman Missile Wing, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, 1965-1969; minuteman, guidance project officer, Space and Missile Sys. Organisation, Norton Air Force Base, California, 1969-1974; technical representative, Charles Stark Draper Lab, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1974-1976; graduate student, Aerospace & Engineering Mechanics, Austin, Texas, 1976-1979; deputy director Aerospace-mechanics Sciences F.J. Seiler Research Laboratory, United States Air Force Academy, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado, 1979-1983; site activation commander Joint Cruise Missile Program Office, Sicily, 1983-1984; director Sys. Deployment, Cruise Missile Program Office, Crystal City, Virginia, 1984-1987; deputy director Advanced Strategic Missile Sys., United States Air Force, Norton Air Force Base, California, 1987-1990; Minuteman program manager, United States Air Force, Norton Air Force Base, California, 1990-1992; technical consultant SDIO, TASC, Arlington, Virginia, 1992-1994; technical consultant Iridium Satellite Communications, TASC, Inc., Chandler, Arizona, 1994-1995; technical consultant to National Imaging and Mapping Agency, other agys., TASC, Inc., Reston, Virginia, 1995-1996; technical consultant intelligence agys., TASC, Inc., Chantilly, Virginia, since 1996.
Colonel United States Air Force, 1965-1992. Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (senior, chapter chair), Armed Forces Commission & Electronics Association, Air Force Association, International Council Systems Engineering.
Married Mary W. Kalmar, April 10, 1965. Children: Christine M., Richard G.