John Floyd
Dublin Core
Title
John Floyd
Description
John Floyd was born in Sand Mountain, AL. He started at Thiokol as a technician in the Physical Test Lab working on Data Reduction. He became an Assistant Engineer and Chemist in the Engineering Department. He left Thiokol to work for Brown Engineering. He earned his BS at Athens College, and then his Master's degree at Georgia Tech in Information & Computer Science. He did programming at Brown including astronaut schedulling for the Apollo Lunar missions. He left Brown to work in the commercial business sector. He returned to Teledyne Brown as Chief Information Officer and retired in 2003. He has also worked at Drexel, Jim Walter Corporation, and as an Adjunct Professor at UAH. John also has an MBA.
Source
University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections, Huntsville, Alabama
Date
2019-4
Rights
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Format
.MP4
Language
en
Type
Interviews
Video
Oral History Item Type Metadata
Interviewer
Webb, Glen
Interviewee
Floyd, John
Duration
0:12:23
Files
Collection
Citation
“John Floyd,” The UAH Archives and Special Collections, accessed November 16, 2024, https://libarchstor.uah.edu/oralhistory/items/show/200.