Jean (John) Rousseau

Jean (John) Rousseau was born in the province of Quebec, Canada, on Dec. 20, 1926 and passed away Dec. 6, 2010 in Fallbrook, Calif. His parents were Henri Arthur Rousseau and Florina Ernestine DesRochers. He was educated in Montreal and in England where he received a Masters degree in Aeronautical Engineering. He worked in Toronto for A.V. Roe.

Jean married Florence Cyr in Toronto in June, 1959, before emigrating to the United States. They were granted U.S. citizenship in 1970. In the U.S. Jean worked at Garrett-AiResearch, now a division of Honeywell, for 27 years. He lived in Redondo Beach f...