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Dr. Walter Leverton, BA’46, MA’48

Walter Levertons contributions to the aerospace industry are substantial. After obtaining a PhD in Physics in 1950 from UBC and serving briefly on the faculty of the University of Minnesota, he found his skills were in demand in the rapidly growing American space program. In 1960, he joined a new not-for-profit company, the Aerospace Corp., dedicated to providing systems engineering to the US military space program. At one time, he directed most of the early military space programs in the United States. Dr. Leverton served as a group vice-president at Aerospace Corp. until his retirement in 1979.