William Harrison Roberts

Background

Roberts, William Harrison was born on September 4, 1921 in Cincinnati. Son of William Harrison and Hazel Gail (Prather) Roberts.

Education

Graduate in Aeronautical Engineering, University Cincinnati, 1943. Master of Science in Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, 1953. Postgraduate, Columbia Pacific University, from 1991.

Career

Dynamics specialist, North American Aviation, Los Angeles, 1943-1958; chief dynamics and loads, manager structures research, Northrop, Hawthorne, California, 1958-1963; chief structures, Martin, Orlando, Florida, 1963-1972; Space Shuttle dynamics manager, Rockwell, Downey, California, 1972-1974; preliminary design, structure dynamics, Northrop, Hawthorne, 1974-1977; space shuttle payload integration, Hughes Aircraft Space and Communications, El Segundo, California, 1977-1980; senior consultant, Structural Dynamics Consl., Inglewood, California, 1980-1981; structural dynamics engineer, Byron Jackson, Carson, California, 1981-1982; senior dynamics specialist, Federal Aviation Administration Airframes, Long Beach, California, since 1982. Special assignment to Naval Research Laboratory. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics strucutral advising committee to National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley.

Invited paper to Acoustical Society, United States Air Force Symposium on Dynamic Models. Engineering manager SPRINT Anti-Ballistic Missile.

Achievements

• William Harrison Roberts has been listed as a noteworthy aerospace engineer, consultant, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Engineer to local group to stabilize homes due to massive landslides, Portuguese Bend, California, 1980-1984. With United States Navy, 1944-1946. Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate).

Member Aerospace Flutter and Dynamics Council, Society.Automotive Engineers (sub-committee shock and vibration since 1980), Tau Beta Pi, Phi Eta Sigma.

Interests

• Avocations: analyzing financial markets, nutrition.

Connections

Married Elisabeth Marie Jensen, May 26, 1973 (divorced 1989). Children: William, Christopher, Roy, Jon.

Father:

William Harrison Roberts

Mother:

Hazel Gail (Prather) Roberts

Spouse:

Elisabeth Marie Jensen

child:

Jon Roberts

child:

Roy Roberts

child:

Christopher Roberts

child:

William Roberts