Background
Tennant, Samuel Mckibben was born on February 1, 1928. Son of Richard Grenville and Margaret Louise (McKibben) Tennant.
aerospace systems company executive
Tennant, Samuel Mckibben was born on February 1, 1928. Son of Richard Grenville and Margaret Louise (McKibben) Tennant.
BME, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1950. Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Purdue University, 1951.
Vibration engineer Change Vought Aircraft Corporation, Dallas, 1951-1952. Group engineer dynamics and computations Temco Aircraft Corporation, 1952-1958. Senior staff engineer Titan Space Technology Laboratories, Redondo Beach, California, 1958-1961.
Associate group director advanced planning Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, 1961-1966, group director engineering manned orbiting laboratory, 1966-1969, vice president, general manager advanced orbital systems division, 1969-1984, group vice president programs, 1984-1987, president, chief executive officer, since 1987. Consultant Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory.
Member science advisory board United States Air Force, 1984-1988. Member science advisory group Air Force Logistics Center. Mem,. Defense Science Board, since 1988.
Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Married June Ann Fleischer, June 20, 1953. Children: Samuel McKibben Junior, Ann Tennant Boehler, Catherine Tennant Jacobi.