User:W9KFB
First licensed as a Novice in 1956 in Corning Iowa. Father, K0DVO, was a farmer in Western Iowa. Brother Roger, WB0DGF, worked for Hy Gain in Lincoln, NE and was Hy Gain's lead amateur antenna designer responsible for most of the antenna designs Hy Gain produced in the 1980s and 90s.
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Turning Points in the Life of Ronald W. Cox
1948-1956 Prescott #7 (a one room school house in rural Adams County, Iowa)
1956-1960 Corning High School, Corning, Iowa (Course of Study - Vocational Agriculture)
1960-1964 Iowa State University, B.S. Electrical Engineering
1964-1978 Delco Radio Division of General Motors, Engineering Supervisor - Security Systems
1978-1982 GM Engineering Staff/Buick Motor Division, Systems Engineer assigned to the GM Emissions Control Project Center's Systems Engineering Group, GM Proving Grounds, Milford, MI
1982-1987 Delco Electronics Corporation, a Subsidiary of GM Hughes Electronics, Kokomo, IN, Manager - Advanced Body and Chassis Electronics - Electrical Architecture, Advanced Body and Chassis Electronics - Department Manager
1987-1990 Delco Systems Operations, Delco Electronics Corporation, Goleta, CA, Department Manager Automotive Electronics - Corvette Active Suspension Program, Department Manager Automotive Electronics - Indy Racing Electronics, Department Manager Automotive Electronics - ETAK Navigation Program, Department Manager Automotive Electronics - Software Development
1990-1994 Delco Electronics Corporation, a Subsidiary of GM Hughes Electronics, Kokomo, IN, Software Manager, Automotive Electronics
1994-1996 Delco Electronics Corporation, a Subsidiary of GM Hughes Electronics, Kokomo, IN, Process Owner - Custom Product Design, Business Process Engineering team
1997-2000 Delphi Automotive Systems, Kokomo, IN, Powertrain Electronics Systems and Software Manager
2001 Retired...
Location:
Indianapolis, Indiana
Articles written for Wikipedia:
Donald J. Atwood Jr. Biography
Development of electronics for GM auto racing
Articles written for HPSDR Wiki:
PowerSDR Keyboard Shortcut List
The Tokyo Hy-Power HL-45B Solution
Articles written for the GMNext Wiki:
Development of the First Near Obstacle Detection Systems
History Book to be Published on GM's Defense Research Laboratories
Globalization of Product Software Development
The New York General Motors Building
Delco Electronics' Business Process Engineering Experience
Development of Modula-GM (First High Level Software Language used for Powertrain Controllers)
Development of Vehicle Navigation Technology
Development of Electronics for Indy 500 cars and engines
1986, Electronics Developed for Lotus Active Suspension Technology
Development of First GM Vehicle Data Links
GM Emission Control Project Center - I Was There
Emission Control Project Center History
Development of GM Security Monitoring Systems
Uploads to the GMNext Wiki:
1936-1996 Delco Electronics 60th Anniversary Video
The Milwaukee Plants - End of an Era
