BIOGRAPHY OF DANIEL SEAT

Military Service:

I joined the Army in July 1953 and after basic training I was sent to Korea for eighteen months.  Upon return to the U.S., I was assigned duty at Ft. Lewis Washington until my discharge in July 1956.

Education:

Central Utah Vocational School, Provo, Utah, 1958: Machinist, Blueprint Reading, Machinist Math, and Design Drafting.

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1959/65:  General educational courses as well as Computer programmer training.

Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, Utah: 1967/68: Electronic Control System Design and Pneumatic Control System Design.

Granite Community Education, 1968/82:  Evening Cabinet Building courses.

Rutgers University New Jersey, 1983: Course in Statistical Process Controls.

Employment:

Office Manager, National Cash Register Co., Salt Lake City, Utah, 1956.

Office Manager, Payson Auto Sales, Payson, Utah, 1956.

Propane Delivery Route man, Modern Gas Co., Spanish Fork, Utah, 1956/7.

Parts Clerk, P.E. Ashton Auto, Provo, Utah, 1957.

Quality Analyst/Tool and Gage Designer, Sperry Utah Co., Salt Lake City, Utah, 1958/67.

Design Engineer, Christensen Diamond Products, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1967/68.  Here, I was the design engineer for a Lunar Core Drill for use in lunar mineral exploration.  I also designed a diamond milling machine to mill precision refractory blocks.

Quality Engineer, Sperry Utah Co., Salt Lake City, Utah, 1968/1983.  Responsible for inspection and test of complex electro-mechanical devices at vendor facilities prior to shipment to Sperry or Government destinations.  Also responsible for performing Quality Surveys and Audits of new vendor facilities prior to their use as a supplier to Sperry.

Training Instructor Sperry Utah Co., Salt Lake City, Utah 1978/88.  Train and certify new employees for various manufacturing processes.

Quality Assurance Supervisor, Sperry Utah Co., Salt Lake City, Utah, 1983/86.  Supervision of 10/12 persons and the processing of all Quality Assurance documentation used in the manufacturing process.

Principle Quality Engineer, Unisys, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1986/92.  Responsible for all quality aspects and customer interface on various customer programs.

Principle Manufacturing Engineer, Lockheed Martin Co., Salt Lake City, Utah, 1992/97.  Team Leader over a group of Manufacturing Engineers.  Responsible for the review of all engineering assembly drawings prior to their release to be used in the manufacturing process.

Retired from Lockheed Martin Co., Salt Lake City, Utah, January 1^st, 1997.  Hurrah. 

Family:   Married Karen Lee Robertson, July 16^th 1960, in Price, Utah (her home town).  We lived in various rental units and apartments until October 1965.  At that time we purchased our first and only home at 4391 Camille St., Salt Lake City, Utah.  Since that time our home has gone through four major additions or renovations.  After my retirement, I supervised and assisted in the remodel of our kitchen and living room.

                                    Dan and Karen                                                                    In Luckenbach, Texas

Teresa Marie Seat was born December 15^th, 1962.  She married Paul Foulger, and now have two children ages four and eight.  They currently live in Phoenix, AZ.  Paul is a sales person for Stanley Power Tools.  Teresa is in the final stages (completing her dissertation) to obtain her doctorate degree from Pepperdine University in California.

                                Teresa and Paul                                                                                    Ian and Nate

Jeffery Allen Seat was born April 25^th 1965.  He married Gretchen Simerad and had one son.  Jeff has spent most of his work life in sales and the mortgage trade.

                                                Jeff                                                                                          Logan

After Retirement:

Karen retired on January 1^st 1998 and we purchased a new motorhome in August 1998 after looking at various modes of travel in retirement, travel trailers, 5^th wheels, etc.  After a lot of looking from the Northwest to Arizona and Texas and back to Utah, we finally settled on a 36 foot Fleetwood Bounder.  We also purchased a Saturn to pull behind the motorhome.

                                                                Our home at the Albuquerque Balloon Festival

                Dinner in Mexico                                                                  Karen driving down Freeway

We now have 40,000 miles on each of these vehicles.  We have traveled to all states in the forty eight except Michigan, Wisconsin, and South Carolina.  We have been to Seattle in the Northwest, San Diego in the Southwest, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island in the Northeast, and Key West in the Southeast.  And all points-in-between.  We have also traveled into Mexico, to Puerto Penasco, (four years in a row).

                                                                                Claming with friends