Cecil was born in Anniston, AL, and his family moved frequently in his youth. He went to Auburn and graduated with a mechanical engineering degree in 1958. In interviewing, he found Thiokol very appealing for the passion of its employees. He provides…
Charles Brian Nelson was born in 1938 in Memphis, Tennessee. He received his first degree in Industrial Design at Tennessee Tech. After he graduated from college in 1960, he went to work with the Depot Company where his job was making Titanium…
Charles Dischinger was born and raised in Virginia. As a small child, Charles's father would drive him over to the Langley Research Center in Virginia, and he was always engaged with the space program. Charles remembers watching every space launch on…
As a kid, Charles M. Lewis loved to take things apart and put them back together. At the age of 15, he was inspired by a Life magazine article with Werner Von Braun standing next to the Saturn V engine. Since he was an avid Science Fiction reader at…
Charles was born in Birmingham, AL, and went to Auburn, participating in the ROTC and graduating in December 1960 (majoring in electrical engineering). He would be picked up for work at Marshall, and in his military tenure he was stationed at a…
Charles VanValkenburgh grew up in Huntsville, AL, and he went to Auburn University. There, he majored in Industrial Design and he had a part-time job as a draftsman at one of the civil engineering firms. After graduating college, he received a job at…