[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 87 (Friday, May 25, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E742-E743]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO DR. LYNN E. WOLAVER

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                         HON. MICHAEL R. TURNER

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 25, 2018

  Mr. TURNER. Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in paying 
tribute to a respected community leader, and a dear friend from my 
congressional district, for his lifetime of service to our country and 
to the people of Southwest Ohio.
  Dr. Lynn E. Wolaver, age 94 of Fairborn, passed away Monday May 7, 
2018 at the Hospice of Dayton. He was born March 10, 1924 in 
Springfield, IL, the son of the late Lindle and Esther (Skoog) Wolaver.
  Lynn is the former Mayor of the City of Fairborn, Ohio and Dean for 
Research Emeritus at the Air Force Institute of Technology located at 
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. He is a charter member of the 
Federal Senior Executive Service and was first appointed to super grade 
status in 1967 at the age of 43 at the USAF Aerospace Research 
Laboratories where he was one of the Directors. His civilian protocol 
status was DV-5 equivalent to a Major General.
  His academic life includes time with the University of Illinois, 
(BSEE 1949, MSEE 1950), The Ohio State University extension at Wright 
Field (1951-1956) and the University of Michigan where he obtained the 
Ph.D. degree (1964) in a program called Computers, Information and 
Control Engineering.
  Lynn was a member of the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II and 
flew in C-47 aircraft in the European Theater of Operations with the IX 
Troop Carrier Command Pathfinder Group.
  The former Mayor started employment at Wright-Patterson in 1950 and 
retired in 1988. He did research in the areas of navigation, guidance 
and control, systems analysis, astrodynamics and bioengineering. In 
addition to his job as Dean, he also served as Chairman of the System 
Engineering Program and as a research Professor of Engineering Science. 
Prior to joining AFIT in 1970, he was one of the directors of the 
Aerospace Research Laboratories. He was a Project Engineer on the 
Navigation System for the B-58, helped develop the release envelopes 
for the Sidewinder Missile, and was a pioneer in precision trajectory 
analysis. Lynn also served as Adjunct Professor in mathematics at 
Wright State University for seven years starting with the first day it 
opened its doors, and taught at the Ohio State Extension at Wright 
Field, and at the Engineering and Science Institute of Dayton. He also 
lectured at a number of management workshops including the Brookings 
Institute, Federal Executive Institute, American Management Association 
and the American Society for Engineering Education.
  Lynn belongs to the standard set of honoraria including Eta Kappa Nu 
(Electrical Engineering Honorary), Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honorary), 
and Sigma Xi (Research Honorary). Among his honors and awards are 
Senior Executive Bonus Awards, Meritorious Civilian Service Medal, 
Exceptional Service Medal, University of Illinois Distinguished Alumnus 
Award, Fairborn Chamber of Commerce Ed Duncan Distinguished Citizen 
Award, Fairborn Chamber of Commerce Presidents Award, Fairborn 
Ministerial Association Peace Maker Award, and induction into his 
Springfield (Illinois) High School Hall of Fame and in 2006 he was 
selected as Grand Marshal of the Fairborn Fourth of July Parade. Lynn 
was selected as the Outstanding Senior Citizen in Greene County for 
2009 by the Agency on Aging PSA2. He also received the prestigious E. 
J. Nutter Award as outstanding Greene County Citizen for 2010. He was 
inducted into the Ohio Seniors Hall of Fame in 2010 and a the Ohio 
Veteran Hall of Fame in 2015. Lynn and his wife Arah-Dean were selected 
as King and Queen of the Fairborn Sweet Corn Festival. He is a member 
of the New York Academy of Science, the Society of Industrial and 
Applied Mathematics, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 
Biofeedback Society, Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society, 
Midwestern Simulation Council, charter member of the Astrodynamics 
Committee of the American Rocket Society, member of the American 
Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Society for 
Engineering Education. The former Mayor was listed in American Men and 
Women of Science, Who's Who in Midwest (12th-16th edition), Who's Who 
in Government, Directory of International Biography, Leaders in 
American Science, World Space Directory, Outstanding Leaders in 
Education and the Dayton, Ohio telephone directory.
  Dr. Wolaver is the author of over 60 technical papers in the fields 
of navigation, astrodynamics and nonlinear systems analysis and 
physiological systems modeling. He has a textbook in Astrodynamics and 
is a reviewer of technical articles for a number of journals, an editor 
of the Brazilian Engenharia International Journal and served as 
reviewer and consultant to the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, 
National Science Foundation, and the Air Force Office of Scientific 
Research.
  He is also active in civic affairs being a member of the Fairborn 
Chamber of Commerce, Fairborn Rotary Club and the American Legion. He 
served six years on the City Planning Board, two years on the Zoning 
Board of Appeals, eight years on City Council, two of those years as 
Deputy Mayor and four years as Mayor. He was one of ten Dayton 
corporate leaders on the Dayton Development Council's Science and 
Technology Task Force that inventoried the area's technological assets 
and made recommendations for strategies to expand jobs in technology. 
He served on the Steering Committee of Challenge '95 and as 
representative on the Miami Valley Research Park and on the Board of 
Directors of the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission, member of 
the Miami Valley Military Affairs Association and was a former Chairman 
of the Board of Toward Independence.
  He was a charter member of the Board of Trustees of the 2003 
Committee, served as a Commissioner of the Dayton Aviation Heritage 
National Historic Park, Commissioner of the Ohio Wright-Dunbar State 
Park, and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Fairborn Senior 
Citizens Center, and a member of the Board of Greene County Career 
Center Adult Education Scholarship Endowment Fund. He helped start Kids 
Voting in Greene County, was Co-Chairman of the Senior Citizens Levy 
Campaign, served as Fairborn Rep on the Greene County Combined Health 
District Board including a term as Chairman of the Board and served as 
a volunteer for SAYUS Walkathon.
  He was a member of the City of Fairborn Tax Incentive Review Council, 
member of the Greene County Bar Association Ethics and Grievance 
Committee, Vice-President of the Greene County Library Board of 
Trustees, Vice-President of the Greene County Library Board of 
Trustees, Congressman Hobson's Military Advisory Committee, and his 
Academy Selection Advisory Committee. He was active with the Fairborn 
Area Chamber of Commerce where he served on the Ambassadors Club. He 
was a Presiding Precinct Judge with the Greene County Board of 
Elections and was on the Board of Directors of the Fairborn Rotary Club 
and is a Paul Harris Fellow. Wolaver represented Fairborn on the County 
Advisory Board of the Greene County Council on Aging, and was then 
appointed to the Board of the Greene County Council on Aging.
  He was a member of the AFIT Foundation Board and was a member of the 
Wright State University College of Liberal Arts Community Advisory 
Board. He was also a charter member of the Fairborn Education 
Foundation.
  In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a brother and 
sister-in-law, Donald and Donna Wolaver. Survivors include his wife of 
69 years, Arah-Dean; two sons, Judge Stephen (Gayla Sue) Wolaver, Rick 
Wolaver; two grandchildren, Scott (Kerri) Wolaver, Lindy Wolaver; and 
two great-grandsons, Carter and Connor.

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