Background
Snyder, William James was born on May 4, 1942 in Wheeling, West Virginia, United States. Son of Ralph Redfield and Martha Jane (Browning) Snyder.
Snyder, William James was born on May 4, 1942 in Wheeling, West Virginia, United States. Son of Ralph Redfield and Martha Jane (Browning) Snyder.
Bachelor of Science in Aero. Engineering, West Virginia University, 1965; postgraduate, University of Virginia, 1965-1968.
Aerospace engineer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, 1965-1977; head aeromechs. technical helicopter systems, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, 1977-1980; group leader helicopter group aircraft systems branch, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, 1980-1982; chief rotorcraft technical branch, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, since 1982; rotorcraft coordinator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, since 1988.
President Hampton Roads Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1973-1974. Chairman of the Board Newport News (Virginia) Office ofEcon. Opportunity, 1974-1975.
Virginia state chairman United States Junior Chamber of Commerce Project Mainstream, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1974-1975. Member American Helicopter Society (pres Hampton chapter 1975-1976, San Francisco Bay Area chapter 1987-1989, vice president western region 1989-1991, board directors at large since 1991), Junior Chamber of Commerce (Virginia, life).
Married Wanda Lee Stansberry, September 8, 1962. Children: Karen Snyder Abarr, James William.