Background
Hawthorne, Sir William Rede was born on May 22, 1913. Son of William and Elizabeth Hawthorne.
educator aerospace and mechanical engineer
Hawthorne, Sir William Rede was born on May 22, 1913. Son of William and Elizabeth Hawthorne.
Student, Trinity College, Cambridge. Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Development engineer Babcock & Wilcox Ltd., 1937-1939. Science officer Royal Aircraft Establishment, 1940-1944. Seconded to Power Jets, 1940-1941.
With British Air Commission, Washington, 1944. Deputy director engine research Ministry of Supply, 1945. Associate professor mechanical engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1946, George Westinghouse professor mechanical engineering, 1948-1951, Jerome C. Hunsaker professor aeronautical engineering, 1955-1956.
Master Churchill College, Cambridge, 1968-1983, now fellow. Hopkinson and ICI professor applied thermodynamics University Cambridge, 1951-1980, head department engineering, 1968-1973. Chairman Home Office Science Advisory Council, 1967-1976, Advisory Council Energy Conservation, 1974-1979.
Director Cummins Engine Company, Inc., 1974-1986, director Dracone Devels.
Board governors Westminster School, 1956-1976. Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (honorary), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (honorary), Royal Society, Royal Academy Engineering. Member National Academy of Engineering (foreign associate), National Academy of Sciences (foreign associate).
Married Barbara Runkle, 1939. 1 son, 2 daughters.