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Gerald is an engineer and was a Project Manager with the Boeing Corporation. He has been in the Aerospace Industry for over 45 years. His career has spanned the entire manned space program from the X-15 at North American Aviation to the Apollo, Saturn SII, Space Shuttle and International Space Station Programs. 

His proactive leadership in business and education partnerships is widely known. Gerald has taught at the California State University in Los Angeles,University of Southern California and Cerritos College. He has been an active member of several business and education advisory boards and served on the California State Department of Education Advisory Committee for Career Technology Education.

Gerald is also a professional international speaker on the history and programs of the Aerospace Industry of Southern California. He is author of

“Downey’s Aerospace History” by Arcadia Publishing. 

Mr. Blackburn has an MBA from Pepperdine University and is a native Californian.

He is a Director of Columbia Memorial Space Center Foundation and Founder/Past President and Executive Advisor of the Aerospace Legacy Foundation developing historical preservation and outreach projects.

Gerald was the Founder and CEO of Tinkers Corner LLC 

a STEM education resource company in Southern California.

 He is now CEO and Founder of the Katherine and Gerald Blackburn Charitable Foundation and Trust, a 501c3 Nonprofit Corporation.

He enjoys spending time with his family and seven grandchildren and writing poetry to his wife Kathy.

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