1. Joseph Frederick Sutter was an American engineer for the Boeing Airplane Company and manager of the design team for the Boeing 747 under Malcolm T Stamper, the head of the 747 project.
10 Facts About Joe Sutter
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Joe Sutter was born in Seattle, Washington, and grew up in the vicinity of Boeing's Seattle plant.
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Joe Sutter attended the University of Washington and graduated with a bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering in 1943.
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In 1940, Joe Sutter took a summer job at Boeing Plant 2 while studying aeronautical engineering at the University of Washington.
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Joe Sutter was a young US Navy veteran finishing his degree when both Boeing and Douglas offered him jobs.
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Joe Sutter eventually became a manager for the new jumbo-sized wide body airplane, the four-engine Boeing 747.
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Joe Sutter would become known as the "father of the 747".
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Joe Sutter served on the Rogers Commission, investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
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Joe Sutter was selected as a recipient of the International Air Cargo Association's 2002 Hall of Fame Award and was an engineering sales consultant.
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Joe Sutter died on August 30,2016, at a hospital in Bremerton, Washington, from complications of pneumonia, at the age of 95.