Dr. Keith Wickham Mattison

Dr. Keith Wickham Mattison, Lt. Colonel, 92, of Deltona, FL passed away on September 3, 2014. Keith was born in Dewitt-ville, NY on November 27,1921 to Earl and Hanna Carolina Mattison. Keith graduated from Union City High School in Pennsylvania in 1940. He attended Mansfield State Teachers College for one year. When Pear Harbor was bombed in December of 1941, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps and became a Military Fighter Pilot. He fought in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He was wounded in action in the Battle of Saipan. He was awarded the Purple Heart, the Air Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross, and an Oak Leaf Cluster during his military career. He married Florence Larsen Mattison during the war. They had four children; two sons, Jan who is deceased and Dennis who resides in San Diego, California, and two daughters, Carol Lynn Stewart, who resides in Berkley, California, and Barbara Nelson residing in Hawaii. After the war he returned to college at Lehigh University and received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. During his career, he was employed as an Engineer in Rocket Research, Weapons Systems Research and as a Systems Safety Engineer at General Electric, Lockheed Marietta, and Stanford Research Institute. He received his MBA at Auburn University in 1969 and earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial Psychology in 1976 at California Western University. He was married to Virgina Gettman, who died in 1996. In 2006, he married Carol Parker Seelinger. The Memorial Service will be held at Deltona Presbyterian Church, 2300 Howland Blvd, on Saturday, September 20th, 2014, at 1:00 PM.