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Cottingham, William Brooks was born on December 1, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Ellis Brooks and Lillian Beverly (Nixon) Cottingham.
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William Brooks Cottingham, American university administrator. President board directors Lafayette Symphony Orchestra, 1969-1970, board directors, 1969-1975; board directors Flint Institute Music, since 1975. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society Automotive Engineers, American Physical Society of America Society Engineering Education, Pi Tau Sigma, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.
Education
Business Systems Modernization-Energy, Purdue University, 1955. Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University, 1960.
Career
Member technical staff, Bell Telephone laboratories, Whippany, New Jersey, 1960-1963;
associate professor, School of Mech. Engineering Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1963-1966;
professor, School of Mech. Engineering Purdue University, 1966-1975;
head school, School of Mech.
Engineering, Purdue University (Mech. engineering), 1970-1975;
dean academic affairs, General Motors Institute (name changed to GMI Engineering and Management Institute 1982), Flint, Michigan, 1975-1976;
president, since 1976. Founding partner, president TecTran, Inc., Lafayette, Indiana, 1968-1972. Guest researcher Medisch Fysisch Institute, Utrecht, Netherlands, 1970.
Achievements
Membership
President board directors Lafayette Symphony Orchestra, 1969-1970, board directors, 1969-1975. Board directors Flint Institute Music, since 1975. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society Automotive Engineers, American Physical Society of America Society Engineering Education, Pi Tau Sigma, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.
Clubs: Mason.
Connections
Married Gloria Dawn Smith, September 12, 1975. Children by previous marriage: Cynthia Mae, Cheryl Ann, Karen Jo.
