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GEORGE E. SOLOMON
GEORGE E. SOLOMON
Pages 314-319
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He graduated from Ballard High School in 1942 and started attending the University of Washington. World War II interrupted his education plans when he volunteered at age 18 for the U.S.
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a job to focus his thesis expertise on the problems of supersonic launch vehicle trajectory control and nose cone reentry thermal protection and design for aerodynamic stability. That began a 33-year career of everincreasing engineering and management responsibility for George until his retirement from his position as a corporate executive vice president and general manager of the Electronics and Defense Sector of TRW, Inc.
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In 1970 George was made vice president and general manager of the Systems Group. George's 25 years of leadership and managerial accomplishments for TRW, and his engineering stature in both the United States and internationally was recognized by TRW's board of directors in 1981 when the board appointed him as a corporate executive vice president and made him general manager of the new Electronics and Defense Sector of TRW.
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George's service to his country continued over the years through membership in the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, Air Force Association, Association of the U.S. Army, Electronic Industries Association, National Security Industrial Association, Armed Forces Management Association, National Contract Management Association, and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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George Solomon should be eulogized by recognition that from the time he left a leg at the Battle of the Bulge in World War II through 30 years of developing major missile and spacecraft systems critical to the defense of this nation, and additional years of aiding his fellow handicapped and underprivileged citizens, his life was dedicated to the service and protection of his country. He certainly deserves to be remembered as a premiere example of what has come to be designated in the United States as "The Greatest Generation."
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