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Thomas Edison Flanders, EE 52, MS EE 58, on Feb. 28, 2009. An electrical engineer, Mr. Flanders joined the space program with Chrysler Corp. in Huntsville, Ala., in 1961 as chief of three units in the static test firing of Saturn IB and Saturn V rockets. He served as senior design engineer for General Electric from 1969 to 1988 and designed and patented a linear electric motor with Trilogy Co. in 1988. From 1995 to ’98, he was an analog design engineer for Lockheed Martin. Mr. Flanders was a veteran of World War II and the Korean War. For years he drove a school bus full of children across the country to build and repair churches and houses. He also participated in the United Methodist Action Mission Reach Out for Youth program for 20 years. Survivors include his brother-in-law James Woolley, CE 62, niece Karen Woolley Hursh, AE 86, and nephew J. Byron Flanders, TChem 85.