Joseph F. Ware Jr.

Joseph F. Ware Jr.
Joe Ware opening the Joseph F. Ware Jr. Advanced Engineering Laboratory, the "Ware Lab," at Virginia Tech
Born
Joseph Fulton Ware Jr.

(1916-11-08)November 8, 1916
DiedApril 23, 2012(2012-04-23) (aged 95)
Resting placeWestview Cemetery, Blacksburg, VA
EducationVirginia Tech (BS, 1937)
Caltech (MSE, 1938)
OccupationEngineer
Engineering career
DisciplineAerospace Engineering
Jack Real, left; Willis Hawkins, center; Joseph Ware Jr., right
Ware Lab Plaque at Virginia Tech
Joseph F. Ware Jr., left; Gil Cefaratt, right

Joseph Fulton "Joe" Ware Jr. (November 8, 1916 – April 23, 2012)[1] was a flight test engineer at Clarence "Kelly" Johnson's famed Skunk Works in the Lockheed Corporation on the first two Air Force One's, the U-2, the SR-71 Blackbird, and many others from World War II and the Cold War, becoming Department Manager of Engineering Flight Test. He was the son of Joseph F. Ware Sr.

  1. ^ "About Joseph F Ware Jr". VirginiaTech College of Engineering. Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2014.