Bill Varnadoe

Bill Varnadoe

Bill was primarily raised in Montgomery, AL. He would earn a degree in electrical engineering from Georgia Tech (although his studies were somewhat interrupted by World War II, when he served in the Army Air Force), and began work with the Navy in Panama City, Florida. He was quickly tempted to Huntsville by missile work in 1952, beginning with the Army's Launching and Handling group. Bill discusses anecdotes from early Redstone missile development, and his later work on Jupiter, as well as Pershing. When faced with the option of staying with the Army or transitioning to NASA, he chose the latter, eventually progressing to the Astrionics group. Separately, he discusses his local work in the National Speleological Society [caving/spelunking group], as well as his relationship with Walter B. Jones.

University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections, Huntsville, Alabama

2006-12-12

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