Background
Osder, Stephen S. was born on March 22, 1925 in New York City.
Osder, Stephen S. was born on March 22, 1925 in New York City.
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, City College of New York, 1946;
Master of Science, Johns Hopkins University, 1951.
Engineer, American Telephone & Telegraph Company, New York City, 1946-1950;
project engineer flight control, Sperry Gyroscope Company, Great Neck, New York, 1951-1955;
head engineering section, Sperry Flight Sys., Phoenix and Great Neck, 1955-1965;
head department advanced system, Sperry Flight Sys., Phoenix, 1965-1970;
manager advanced system, Sperry Flight Sys., Phoenix, 1970-1980;
director research and development, Sperry Flight Sys. (now Honeywell), Phoenix, 1980-1985;
chief scientist flight controls helicopter division, McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Mesa, Arizona, 1985-1990;
fellow, McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Mesa, Arizona, 1990-1995;
consultant, Osder Associations, Scottsdale, Arizona, since 1995.
Stephen S. Osder has been listed as a noteworthy aerospace engineer by Marquis Who's Who.
Achievements include the principal design of control system for F-104 Drone, National Aeronautics and Space Administration lifting bodies, B-47 Drone, maneuvering ballistic re-entry vehicle, Boeing 747 autopilot, MD-80 flight guidance, and AH-64 fly by wire system; pioneered adaptive control, fly by wire technology and energy management technique for atmospheric reentry and landing of the space shuttle.
Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Society Automotive Engineers (control and guidance committee since 1974), American Helicopter Society.
Married Muriel Glicken, June 11, 1950. Children: Joan Alice Osder, Jane Elizabeth Osder De Pasqual.
