View a eulogy for George Donald Summers, USMA '49, who passed away on April 5, 2018.
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George Donald Summers
West Point, 1949
Be Thou At Peace
Posted by Terry Powers on March 22, 2023:
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George Donald Summers, technology industry executive, consultant. Fellow: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate); member: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior ), Optical Society of America, American Society for Artificial Internal Organs. Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1949. Career Registered profl.engr, New York Systems engineer American Bosch Arma, Garden City, New York, 1956-1958;program manager Republic division Fairchild Industries, Farmingdale, New York, 1958-1969, Fairchild Industries, Germantown, Maryland., 1969-1972. Division director Atlantic Research Corporation, Alexandria, Virginia, 1972-1980, vice president, 1980-1985, staff consultant, 1985-1987. Director Cerex Corporation, Gaithersburg, Maryland., 1987-1994. retired, 1994. Consultant 1994. Patentee in field for tv engineering and implantable medical devices. Developer of photo-reconnaissance drone aircraft forUSMC, novel means of defense against nuclear explosion overpressure, unmanned helicopter carrying video camera and fiber optics to relay data to ground station, system to utilize television to simultaneously carry facsimile information into schools and homes along with regular programs, systems to control various fluids within the body by implantabledevices, means to permit severely physically handicapped persons to communicate with normal people, means to prevent surgical sponges from being left in a patient after surgical procedure. Contributor articles to professional journals. George Donald Summers has been listed as a noteworthy technology industry executive, consultant by Marquis Who's Who. Served to captain, United States Army, 1949-1956. Company-winner, 1st award National Materials Engineering, 1968, International Rectifier -100 award, 1974. Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate). Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, (Senior). American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, Optical Society American. Married Sachiko Orui, August 1, 1978. Children from previous marriage: Emmy Louise Wanlund, Susan Hope Francis. prabook.com/web/george_donald.summers/54289 |
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