Background
Velde, Wallace Earl Vander was born on June 4, 1929 in Jamestown, Michigan, United States. Son of Peter Nelson and Janet (Keizer) Vander Velde.
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Wallace Earl Vander Velde
Edit ProfileAeronautical and astronautical educator
Wallace Earl Vander Velde, American aeronautical and astronautical engineering educator. Recipient Education award American Automatic Control Council, 1988. Served to 1st lieutenant United States Air Force, 1951-1953. Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Aero Engineering, Purdue University, 1951. Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1956.
Career
Director applications engineering Global Positioning System Instrument Company, Inc., Newton, Massachusetts, 1956-1957. Faculty Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1957—2004, professor aeronautical and astronautics, 1965—2004, professor emeritus, since 2004. Consultant to industry, since 1958.
Membership
Served to First lieutenant United States Air Force, 1951-1953. Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Connections
Married Winifred Helen Bunai, August 29, 1954. Children— Susan Jane, Peter Russell.
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