Richard D. Neumann

Richard D. Neumann
8311 SE Millihanna Rd.
Olalla, WA 98359

253 853 6240
rdneumann@centurytel.net
Parks AE '56

Family Life

Moved to Dayton Ohio in June 1958 to begin my AF career at Wright Patterson AFB. Left the AF in 1960 during a voluntary AF reduction of junior officers. Transferred from military to civilian status in my position and spent the next 32 years at Wright Patterson.
Married my wife, Patricia Meyers in 1961 and raised two children with Patricia. Pat was the Laboratory travel clerk when I first met her in 1959. The family spent an interesting year in Brussels while I attended VKI in 1970-1971.
Pat became a systems analyst in Dayton obtaining her degree from UD in 1986. She retired from her position at Reynolds and Reynolds in 1997. She retired, I ran out of contract support, we sold the house and moved west that fall.
Our daughter (with grandchildren) lives in Washington state and so, now, do we. Our son acquired a PhD in engineering and works on Government projects
Pat and I volunteer in nursing homes distributing Communion to the Catholic population.

Professional Life
I retired from the Air Force AFRL in August of 1990 after a career of 32 years studying hypersonic aerodynamic heating. I retired in September 1997 from the Univeristy of Dayton Research Institute after a career of 6 years studying scramjet thermal protection I'm trying to retire from participation in a graybeard consulting group for NASA working on the Space Shuttle launch configuration. I'm trying to complete a current research contract with AFRL on cavity flow heat transfer I'm a volunteer emeritus with AFRL working on various projects as required
Authored a number of technical papers and chapters of various professional books. Lectured extensively in the U.S., Europe and Japan on hypersonic topics.
BS in Aero E from Parks in 1956 MS in Aero E from University of Illinois in 1958 Diploma in Experimental Aerodynamics from von Karman Institute in 1971