Vernon Holgate Hayes

Background

Hayes, Vernon Holgate was born on October 8, 1915 in Preston, Lancashire, England. Son of Henry and Veronika Annie (Hauser) Hayes. came to the United States, 1923.

Education

Student, Wayne U., 1938-1946; student, University Minnesota, 1951-1958.

Career

Mechanic, Becker Motor Company, Springerville, Arizona, 1949; building designer, Hitchcock & Estabrook, Minneapolis, 1949; machine designer, Continental Machines, Inc., Savage, Minnesota, 1950-1954; topographic draftsman, Cardarelle & Associations, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, 1954; machine designer, Bemis Research Laboratory, Minneapolis, 1954-1956; development engineer, Univac/Sperry Rand Corporation, Hopkins, 1956-1962; project engineer, Honeywell Corporation, Hopkins, Minnesota, 1962-1964; project engineer, G.T. Schjeldahl Company, Northfield, Minnesota, 1964-1965; design engineer, Thermo King corporation, Bloomington, Minnesota, 1965-1966; research engineer, Pako Corporation, Golden Valley, Minnesota, 1966-1971; engineering technical writer, Message Telecommunications Service Systems Corporation, Hopkins, Minnesota, 1971-1973; retired, Message Telecommunications Service Systems Corporation, Hopkins, Minnesota, 1974.

Membership

Member history commission Val Verde County, Texas, since 1978. Corporal United States Coast Artillery, 1940-1943. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Honewywell Engineers Club (senior ), Standards Engineers Society.

Interests

• Avocations: astronomy, family history, nature, writing, tropical gardening.

Connections

Married Bernice Elizabeth Kalmen, October 15, 1948. Children: Roger Martin, Kenneth Alan.

Father:

Henry Hayes

Mother:

Veronika Annie (Hauser) Hayes

Spouse:

Bernice Elizabeth Kalmen

child:

Kenneth Alan Hayes

child:

Roger Martin Hayes