Background
Newton, Richard Wayne was born on August 26, 1948 in Baytown, Texas, United States. Son of Cecil J.V. and Selma Ruth (Waldrep) Newton.
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Richard Wayne Newton
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Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1970; Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1977.
Career
Engineer, scientist, Lockheed Electronics Company, Inc., Clear Lake City, Texas, 1971-1973;
program manager remote sensing center, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1973-1977;
associate director remote sensing center, assistant professor electrical engineering, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1977-1980;
director remote sensing center, associate professor, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1980-1984;
director microwave microelectronics laboratory, associate professor, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1985-1986;
principal, Aerial Surveys Inc., 1977-1984;
principal, Innovative Development Engineering Associations, Inc., Cannon Bear, Inc., 1980-1986;
group manager research and development, Frito-Lay, Inc., Plano, Texas, 1986-1988;
group manager corporation engineering, Frito-Lay, Inc., Plano, Texas, 1988-1989;
senior group manager corporation engineering, Frito-Lay, Inc., Plano, Texas, 1989-1993;
manager manufacturing information system, Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company, Inc., Macon, Georgia, 1993-1994;
associate director computer information system, Alcon laboratories, Inc., Fort Worth, since 1994. Principal investigator over 19 contracts and grants.
Member International UnionRadio Science, Commission F., 1985-1989. Fellow Texas Engineering Experiment Station, 1983-1984.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee Universities Space Research Association, 1983-1989, Alliance for Higher Education, since 1991. Organizer, president Highland Meadows Homeowners Association, 1988-1990. Member Dallas Mayor's Commision on International Trade, Science and Technology Committee, 1987-1988, Dallas International Initiative, 1989-1992, Colleyville City Council, Place 2, 1989-1993.
Mayor City of Colleyville, 1992-1994.
Connections
Married Natalee Gay Wood, February 16, 1968. Children: Nathan Wayne, Natalee Christine.
