83 years old, husband of Carolyn Babcock (Helliwell) Campbell, son of Mason Herbert & Georgia (Brownfield) Campbell. Born in Urbana, Illinois, his family moved to Vermont where Mace was raised. In the early 40's the family moved to Rhode Island where he met Carolyn just prior to WWII. Mace enlisted in the USAAF on his 18th birthday, and was discharged as a 1st Lt. in 1946. He married Carolyn at the Peace Dale Congregational Church in Peace Dale, Rhode Island on July 1946. After a honeymoon in Vermont, they moved to Cambridge, Mass where Mason attended MIT on the GI bill while working for Coca-Cola. Mason received his bachelors in Aeronautical Engineering in 1949 and his masters in 1950. He was hired by GE to the AEG group where he worked until his retirement in January of 1987. His career culminated with him being the lead engineer in the development of the F404 and F414 high bypass turbofan engines that power the first and second generation of the Navy F-18 Hornet, and in non-afterburner form, the Navy S-3A Viking anti submarine warfare aircraft as well as the Air Force F-117 stealth fighter. His hobbies were skiing and golf.
83 years old, husband of Carolyn Babcock (Helliwell) Campbell, son of Mason Herbert & Georgia (Brownfield) Campbell. Born in Urbana, Illinois, his family moved to Vermont where Mace was raised. In the early 40's the family moved to Rhode Island where he met Carolyn just prior to WWII. Mace enlisted in the USAAF on his 18th birthday, and was discharged as a 1st Lt. in 1946. He married Carolyn at the Peace Dale Congregational Church in Peace Dale, Rhode Island on July 1946. After a honeymoon in Vermont, they moved to Cambridge, Mass where Mason attended MIT on the GI bill while working for Coca-Cola. Mason received his bachelors in Aeronautical Engineering in 1949 and his masters in 1950. He was hired by GE to the AEG group where he worked until his retirement in January of 1987. His career culminated with him being the lead engineer in the development of the F404 and F414 high bypass turbofan engines that power the first and second generation of the Navy F-18 Hornet, and in non-afterburner form, the Navy S-3A Viking anti submarine warfare aircraft as well as the Air Force F-117 stealth fighter. His hobbies were skiing and golf.
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