William Harlan Trott (’58), Clinton, Miss. :: He enlisted in the U.S. Army and spent time in Germany before attending North Texas, where he received his degree in physics and math. His career included jobs at White Sands Missile Range in Alamogordo, N.M., with Rockwell International and work on the space shuttle program in Louisiana and Florida. He received a NASA Public Service Award for Exceptional Technical Ability on the Space Shuttle main propulsion test engines in 1981 and a second Public Service Award from NASA the next year. In 1988, he was named Engineer of the Year by Rockwell International. He also was greatly interested in genealogy and had served as president of the Southern Chapter of the Mershon Association.
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William Harlan Trott (’58), Clinton, Miss. :: He enlisted in the U.S. Army and spent time in Germany before attending North Texas, where he received his degree in physics and math. His career included jobs at White Sands Missile Range in Alamogordo, N.M., with Rockwell International and work on the space shuttle program in Louisiana and Florida. He received a NASA Public Service Award for Exceptional Technical Ability on the Space Shuttle main propulsion test engines in 1981 and a second Public Service Award from NASA the next year. In 1988, he was named Engineer of the Year by Rockwell International. He also was greatly interested in genealogy and had served as president of the Southern Chapter of the Mershon Association.
