Charles Skelton (1947)

Engineer / Inventor / Entrepreneur

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Class of 1947 | Inducted 1959

(In fondest memory of Charles Skelton, who passed away December 21, 2001)

  • The first student to enroll at Navarro College was part of the first graduating class in 1947.

  • During WWII, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and installed radio transmitter stations.

  • He attended Texas A&M where he majored in Electrical Engineering.

  • Designed the flight programmer for the Titan ICBM, telemetry for the Saturn Rocket used in the Apollo Moon Program.

  • Designed surveillance equipment for the CIA and intrusion detection equipment for the US Army which was used in Vietnam

  • Founded and was president of the International Data Systems, Inc.,

  • Co-founder and Vice President of Data Point Corporation

  • Chairman of Johnson Electronic Inc.

  • He was an engineer, inventor & entrepreneur.

 

 

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