Background
Matteson, Thomas Dickens was born on October 16, 1920 in Minneapolis. Son of Herbert Sumner and Edna Gertrude (Dickens) Matteson.
consultant aeronautical engineer
Matteson, Thomas Dickens was born on October 16, 1920 in Minneapolis. Son of Herbert Sumner and Edna Gertrude (Dickens) Matteson.
Bachelor Aeronautical Engineering, University Minnesota, 1942. Master of Business Administration in Management, New York University, 1956.
Various managerial positions, Pan American Airways, New York City, San Francisco, 1946-1959;
assistant to executive vice president Pacific division, Pan American Airways, San Francisco, 1959-1960;
various managerial positions, United Airlines, San Francisco, 1960-1970;
director maintenance planning, United Airlines, San Francisco, 1970-1975;
vice president maintenance administration, United Airlines, San Francisco, 1975-1978;
senior consultant, American Management Systems, Arlington, Virginia, 1978-1985;
construction engineering,, Flat Rock, North Carolina, since 1978. Guest lecturer University of California Ext., Berkeley, Los Angeles, 1966, 70. International Business Machines Corporation visiting distinguished scholar Northeastern U., Boston, 1983.
Chairman, member maintenance program planning committees for B727, B737, B747. Consultant on nuclear reactor maintenance programs Electric Power Research Institute/National Research Council. Member senior review panel Savannah River PRA, 1985-1993.
Lecturer/advisor on applications of reliability-centered maintenance to paper manufacturing, 1992, CNO, NAVSEA, NAVAIR on improving aircraft and ship maintenance management, 1993, Electric Power Research Institute on applications to electric power sub-stations, 1995.
Team leader Grace Commission, Washington, 1982. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946, PTO. Association fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (chairman technical committee 1964-1966, Systems Effectiveness and Safety medal 1976). Member Western North Carolina for United We Stand Admiral (committee coordinator 1993-1994).
Married Rosemary Ann Hamilton, January 11, 1947. Children: Ann Claire, John Thomas.