Wayne Metcalfe (Wayne Wayne Metcalfe)

Arab High School

Class of 1971

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First Name	Wayne
Last Name	Metcalfe
Maiden Name	Wayne Metcalfe
Graduation Year	Class of 1971
Gender	Female
City	N/A
State/Province	AL
Country	United States
Occupation	Quality Assurance Manager
Married	Yes
Favorite School Memory	My participation in the High School Band, and Chemistry Labs
About Me	Married for almost 35 years now and Rita and I raised 2 boys. I spent 7 years in the Army, and got out as a 1st Lieutenant. Spent several years going to college at night and on weekends studying Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science Engineering. Since I couldn't decide what I wanted to do when I grew up, I finished with a Management dergree. Spent about three years in chemical research with Thiokol, developing sollid propellant rocket motors. Spent 6 years with the Chrysler Corporation as a Qualtiy Engineer and Quality Control Supervisor. The next twenty-six years have been spent in a marvelous career with the Boeing Company. I got to live my dream of working in the Manned Space Flight industry. Rita and I left Alabama in the mid 90's and I worked at the Kennedy Space Center until after the Coulumbia incident in 2003. In May of that year, I was transferred to Houston, TX to lead the Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate for the International Space Station Program. At the end of 2005 I was brought back to Huntsville, AL to lead the Quality Assurance Directorate for a major National Missile Defense program, and wil most likely retire in 2008 with that program. During my early years with Boeing, I had the blessed opportnity to serve as a bi-vocational Minister of Youth and Music for several local Churches, and have had the opportunity to serve in the music ministry in Churches wherever we've lived. While the my chemical research and aerospace industry career has been exciting,...(read more)