Joe Sutter

Joseph F. "Joe" Sutter was an engineer for the Boeing Airplane Company and chief engineer for the Boeing 747. [*cite book|title=Project Management Case Studies |author= Harold Kerzner|year=2003|publisher=John Wiley and Sons|id=ISBN 0471225789] Sutter is often referred to as the "father of the 747." [http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1986/20686f.htm Ronald Reagan Presidential Library: Appointment of Joseph F. Sutter as a Member of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident] ] " [http://www.airspacemag.com/issues/2007/december-january/INTERVIEW-Sutter.php Air & Space Interview: Joe Sutter] ." Chavanne, B. "Air & Space Magazine". August, 2006.]

Biography

Early life

Sutter was born in Seattle, Washington and grew up in the vicinity of Boeing's Seattle plant. He is of Slovenian descend - his father Suhadolc came to America because of gold fever. [http://www.rtvslo.si/modload.php?&c_mod=rtvoddaje&op=web&func=napovednikiread&c_parent=188&c_id=24479] He attended the University of Washington, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1943.

Career

Sutter served on a destroyer escort named the "USS Edward H. Allen" in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

Later life

Sutter served on the Rogers Commission, investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. Joseph F. Sutter was also selected as a recipient of The International Air Cargo Association's 2002 Hall of Fame Award and is now an engineering sales consultant. [http://www.tiaca.org/content/inductees/Joe_Sutter.asp TIACA profile] ] [ [http://md1.csa.com/partners/viewrecord.php?requester=gs&collection=TRD&recid=200111031096MT&recid=A9156375AH&q=&uid=790051906&setcookie=yes An engineer's perspective on the air transportation industry] ] Sutter also wrote his autobiography with Jay Spenser named "747: Creating the World's First Jumbo Jet and Other Adventures from a Life in Aviation", which was published in 2006. [Sutter, Joe and Spenser, Jay. "747: Creating the World's First Jumbo Jet and Other Adventures from a Life in Aviation", University of Washington Press, 2006. ISBN 0060882417.]

Awards

For his contributions to the development of airline jet aircraft, he was awarded the United States Medal of Technology in 1985. [http://www.technology.gov/medal/Recipients.htm US Government list: The National Medal Of Technology Recipients] ]

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