Eugene George Key
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{{Infobox writer |image = Replace this image male.svg |imagesize = 150px | | name = Eugene George Key | caption = | pseudonym = | birthname = Eugene Key | birthdate = August 5, 1907 | birthplace = [(Jackson, Mississippi)] | deathdate = Template:February 1, 1968, age= 60 | deathplace = Long Beach, CA. VA Hospital | occupation = short story writer and Professor of Engineering at East Los Angeles College | nationality = United States | period = | genre = Science fiction, technical books for Engineering and Architecture, and Electricity | website = ))
Line break Eugene Key enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps and was later transferred into the United States Air Force. During WWII, Mr. Key served in England where he met, and married, his second wife, Winifred Rachel Key (Sept. 12, 1924 -[alive in 2008]), she was in the Women's Royal Air Force. Line break Mr Key was an Associate Professor of Engineering at East Los Angeles College. He received the degrees of B.S. in Arts and Sciences from Illinois Institute of Technology and B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Northwestern University. Line break Professor Key, was a licensed professional engineer, and had varied and extensive practical experience as an engineer and mechanical designer in private industry and for government agencies. He held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force Reserve, and while on active duty during World War II he wrote and edited technical handbooks for the Air Force. He had published some twenty articles on technical subjects in Power Plant Engineering (now Power Engineering) and Design News Magazines. Professor Key was also a member of the American Society of Engineers and Architects, the National Science Teachers Association, the American Society for Engineering Education, and the Los Angeles College Teachers Association, and was listed in the The International Yearbook and Statesman's Who's Who, Who's Who in the West, and Who's Who in commerce and Industry. [1] Line break Mr and Mrs Key had 5 children: Linford Eugene, Robert Ellis, Jenifer Margaret, George David, and Barbara Ann and lived in San Gabriel, California, until his death in 1968. Line break Eugene Key (1907 - 1968) was an American short story writer. His collection, Mars Mountain (1935) was the first full length book to be issued by a publisher that specialized in science fiction[2].
Eugene George Key Elementary Engineering Mechanics (1960) was written as a guide for college students taking Engineering courses. [3]
Eugene George Key Template:Principles of Electricity for Students of Physics and Engineering {1967} [4]
Barbara (Key) Hammill May 25, 2008
references==
- Clute, John; Peter Nicholls (1995). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 664. ISBN 0-312-13486-X.
- Clute, John; John Grant (1997). The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. New York: St. Martin's Press, 877. ISBN 0-88184-708-9.
- Tuck, Donald H. (1978). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent, 253. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.
