Thomas Wesley Tipton

Background

Tipton, Thomas Wesley was born on May 12, 1952 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States. Son of John Melvin and Norma Dean (Boyd) Tipton.

Education

Student, William Penn College, Oskaloosa, Iowa, 1970-1972.

Career

Enlisted United States Navy, 1972. Supervisor division Fighter Squadron 101, Naval Air Station, Oceana, Virginia, 1973—1976. Quality assurance Naval Air Station, Keflavik, Iceland, 1976—1979.

Instructor drill Recruit Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois, 1980—1983. Flight engineer, evaluator Patrol Squadron 26, Brunswick, Maine, 1983—1989. Flight engineer, test and evaluation Force Warfare Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland, 1989—1994.

Professional maintenance control United States Air Express, 1993—1994. With DynCorp International International Egress/Environmental Systems Technology Naval Air Warfare Center Quality Control Division (Indiana), United States Naval Test Pilot School, since 1994.

Achievements

• Thomas Wesley Tipton has been listed as a noteworthy flight engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member NRA (life), Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Friends of the Kennedy Center, National Geographic Society, National Wildlife Fund.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, woodworking, wildlife conservation, cycling.

Connections

Children: Samuel Lawrence, Stacy Lynn. Married Evelyn Marie Harzinski, September 17, 1988. 1 child, Jonathan Clark.

Father:

John Melvin Tipton

Mother:

Norma Dean (Boyd) Tipton

Spouse:

Evelyn Marie Harzinski

child:

Stacy Lynn Tipton

child:

Jonathan Clark Tipton

child:

Samuel Lawrence Tipton