This site is to tell my life story, both my career and my life today. My wife and I have lived in Newport, Oregon since 2007, enjoying both its small town aspects and the richness of nationally recognized institutions. As a small town, I’ve been able to serve in a variety of ways, and have gotten to know people across the spectrum. We see each other at the grocery store, at arts events, and walking the beaches and trails along…
John Lavrakas is a retired aerospace engineer who lives in Newport, Oregon with his wife Melody Shipherd Lavrakas. He graduated from Harvey Mudd College (1974) and Claremont Graduate University (1975) with degrees in Mathematics. He taught mathematics and physics at Indiana Vocation Technical College in South Bend, Indiana for three years, then spent forty-two years as an aerospace engineer, with forty years of it on the Global Positioning System. This work took him through all aspects of GPS, from the…
This chapter identifies the companies I worked for and the projects and activities I was involved in.
This chapter lists the papers, articles, and presentations made by me over my career.