This web site is
dedicated to the memory of Dr. Walter B. LaBerge.
Born in Maywood, Illinois in 1924, Walter was the skipper of a
minesweeper in WWII, a co-inventor of the Sidewinder missile,
and led the team that built NASA Mission Control Center. He held senior positions with
NATO, The Department of Defense, and Lockheed. In
semi-retirement, he was a senior scientist on the
electromagnetic rail gun project at the University of Texas,
Austin and was a visiting professor at the Naval Post Graduate
School in Monterey, CA. Walter passed away at the age of
80 in Santa Cruz, CA.
"On
Sidewinder, LaBerge saw his role as finding out who really
wanted to do something and to get him doing it. He was
also a superb technical salesman."
from Sidewinder by Ron Westrum
"I was
one of 5,000 people who single-handly built the Sidewinder"
Walt LaBerge
"One of
the great friends of the U.S. Army Band"
Col. Eugene W. Allen, Leader & Commander of "Pershing's Own."
"A giant
in defense planning, engineering and analysis."
Campus News - Naval Postgraduate School
"Life
was always about pursuing ideas and inventions for LaBerge"
The Daily Independent
"Walt
was a true Renaissance Man" Dr. Harry
Fair, University of Texas, Institute For Advanced
Technology
