Gene Salvay
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Gene Salvay | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 15, 1919 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | April 8, 2016 (aged 96) Encino, California, U.S. |
| Education | Curtiss-Wright Technical Institute |
| Occupation | Aircraft engineer |
| Employer(s) | No Am Aviation (Rockwell) Lockheed Aviation (Skunk Works) |
| Known for | Aircraft design |
| Spouse | Betty Mae Goodman |
| Parent(s) | Israel David Salvay Anna Salvay |
Melvin Eugene Salvay (November 15, 1919 – April 8, 2016) was an American aircraft engineer.
Salvay was born in Kansas City, Missouri. Gene's father, Israel David Salvay (b:1889 in Veisiejai, Lithuania) was a fashion designer and pattern maker; his mother, Anna (Kiansky) Salvay (b:1895 in Starodub Russia) worked as a seamstress in order to get her sons, Seymour Nathan Salvay (b:1916; Hump Pilot in WWII and, later, Vice President of Milgram Food Stores, Kansas City, MO), and Gene through high school and training as aeronautical engineers.
Education
Salvay graduated Central High School, Kansas City, Missouri, in 1936. That same year, he won 1st place nationally in the Fisher Body coach-building contest with a model of a horse-drawn carriage. The next year, he won 2nd place nationally in the Fisher Body auto-design contest. He continued his education at Curtiss-Wright Technical School, Glendale Airport, California from which he received his engineering degree in Spring 1941: Design courses at Curtiss-Wright were given at the school's campus in Glendale; its more technical engineering courses were given at Caltech.