WORD
has been received that Joe Sutter, known at the "Father
of the 747", died on August 31 at a hospital in Bremerton,
Washington from complications of pneumonia. He was 95.
Born in
Seattle,
he was of Slovenian descent, son of Franc Suhadolc (1879-1945) from Dobrova,
Slovenia, who came to America as a gold prospector.
Sutter
attended the University of Washington and graduated with a bachelor's degree
in aeronautical engineering in 1943, records Wikipedia.
In
1940, Sutter took a summer job at Boeing Plant 2 while studying
aeronautical engineering at the University of Washington. Sutter served as a
junior officer aboard the destroyer escort USS Edward H Allen (DE-531) in the
US Navy during World War II.
At
Boeing he eventually ended up becoming the "father of the 747",
retiring in 1986, as executive vice president for commercial
airplane engineering.
In
later life, Sutter served on the Rogers Commission, investigating the Space
Shuttle Challenger disaster. He was also selected as a recipient of the
International
Air Cargo Association's 2002 Hall of Fame Award and was an engineering
sales consultant.
As
of July 2010, he was a member of the Boeing Senior Advisory Group which
is studying a clean sheet replacement of the Boeing 737 or to re-engine the
current design. For decades, he resided in West Seattle. In 2011, on his 90th
birthday, Boeing's 40-87 building in Everett, WA, the main engineering building
for Boeing Commercial Airplanes division, was renamed the Joe Sutter building.
Source
: HKSG.
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