Background
Kelley, Wilbur Edrald was born on December 2, 1908 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Wilbur Edrald and Madeleine (Whitfield) Kelley.
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Wilbur Edrald Kelley
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Bachelor of Science, University Louisville, 1931. Civil Engineering, University Louisville, 1940. Doctor in Engineering (honorary), University Louisville, 1950.
Career
With, United States Engineers, Rock Island, Galveston, Illinois, Texas, 1931-1940; involved in bombproof structure design and construction, United States Engineers, Panama, 1940-1942; involved in design and construction atomic bomb project, United States Engineers, 1942-1946; United States representative technical staff, United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, 1946-1947; manager New York operations office, Atomic Energy Commission, 1946-1953; vice president engineering, Catalytic Construction Company, Philadelphia, 1953-1956; president, Association Nucleonics formerly Walter Kidde Nuclear laboratories, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1956-1989. Associate Engineers and Cons., Inc., Garden City. Vice president, manager Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation, Garden City, 1966-1970.
Membership
Lieutenant colonel Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member Theta Tau.
Connections
Married Elizabeth Lindley Wells, June 18, 1932. Children: Wilbur E., William L., Elizabeth Anne.
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Nationality
American