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Newberry To Receive AIAA’s Distinguished Service Award

18 August 2006 [Reston, VA] — The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is proud to announce that Conrad F. Newberry, Professor Emeritus at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California has been selected to receive the AIAA Distinguished Service Award.

The AIAA Distinguished Service Award is the highest honor presented to an individual member who has distinguished himself or herself over a period of years by service to AIAA. Dr. Newberry is being recognized “For ceaseless efforts to enhance aerospace system design education, and for five decades of leadership in aerospace engineering technology, education, and career development.”

The award consisting of a certificate, engraved medal and a rosette pin, will be presented to Newberry at the Award Banquet and Historic Sites Ceremony on Tuesday, 26 September 2006, in conjunction with the AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations (ATIO) Conference at the Hyatt Regency in Wichita, Kansas.

Currently a Professor Emeritus, Dr. Newberry was a Professor of Aerospace Engineering at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona for nearly 26 years and a Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Naval Postgraduate School for roughly 12 years. He spent some twenty years in the aerospace industry holding engineering or engineering related positions with Dixon Aircraft, North American Aviation, Atlantic Research, Celesco, Lockheed Aircraft Service, Northrop Aircraft and Rockwell International. During the industrial portion of his career Dr. Newberry supported L-5, B-47, F-86, X-15, F-5, F-18, Athena (missile), and Space Shuttle manufacture, design, and/or development.

Dr. Newberry is the author or co-author of over fifty papers, reports, and books concerned with engineering, environmental science, and education. He was a Consulting Editor [aeronautical engineering and propulsion] of the Eighth Edition [1997] of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, Associate Editor [for design] of the AIAA Journal of Aircraft [1999-2001], and co-editor of Aerospace Engineering Education During the First Century of Flight [2004].

In 1986-87, Dr. Newberry was the recipient of the joint ASEE/AIAA John Leland Atwood Outstanding Educator Award, and he was elected a Fellow of AIAA in 1989. He received the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Fred Merryfield Design Award [creative excellence in teaching engineering design] in 1997 and a U. S. Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award in 2002.

Dr. Newberry was born in Neodesha, Kansas on November 10, 1931. He attended public schools in Neodesha and Independence, Kansas, graduating from Independence High School in 1949 and Independence Junior College in 1951. Dr. Newberry received his BEME (Aeronautical Sequence) degree from the University of Southern California in 1957, MSME and MAEd degrees from California State University, Los Angeles in 1971 and 1974, respectively, and his Doctor of Environmental Science and Engineering (D.Env.) degree from UCLA in 1985.

Headquartered in suburban Washington, DC, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) serves over 35,000 members in 65 regional sections and 79 countries. AIAA membership is drawn from all levels of industry, academia, private research organizations, and government and focuses on emerging technologies in aviation, space and defense. www.aiaa.org.