Neil Edward Lamping

On March 24, 1997 wrote the following in a letter to Robert Franklin Lamping:

Neal Edward Lamping attended private Catholic grade school and high school in Dallas and subsequently graduated from the University of Notre Dame ( South Bend, Indiana) with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology in 1959. He was commissioned a second Lieutenant in the United Stats Air Force after graduating from college and began a 26 year carreer in the Air Force. Also, immediately after graduation from colelge he married Carmen Marie Dres, whom he met in Dallas and whose family resided in Dallas.

During his subsequent Air Force Carreer, Neal Edward Lamping performed duties in many and varied fields, including Fuels Officer, Geodetic Officer, Research and Development Officer, Pentagon Staff Officer, and a Senior Management position with Space Command. Neal was stationed at military installations in Topeka, Kansa; Columbus, Ohio; Orland, Florida; CHeyenne, Wyoming; College Station,Texas; Montgomery, Alabama;, Fairfax, Virginia; and Colorado Springs, Colorado. Also, during his military career he attended several universities and several received post graduate degrees: Master of Science in Geodesy from Ohio State University; Master of Business Administration from Auburn University; and Doctor of Philiosophy in Geophysics from Texas A&M University.

Neal Edward Lamping retired from the Air Force in 1985 with the rank of COlonel. Since retiring he has been workin gin the aerospace industry as a technical advisor and program manager for command and control projects. His current [1997] employer is Lockheed Martin Aerospace Corporation. His plans for the near future are to retire from the aerospace business and become a university professor.

Neal Edward Lamping and his wife Carmen have four children: Jean Marie, Karen Elizabeth, Lynne Teresa, and Mark Edward. The three daugthers and their husbands reside in Colorado Springs and have produced seven grandchildren for Neal and Carmen. Mark died in 1983.

End of the letter.