Joseph F. Ware Jr.

Joseph F. Ware Jr.
Joe Ware opening the Joseph F. Ware Jr. Advanced Engineering Laboratory, the "Ware Lab," at Virginia Tech
Born	Joseph Fulton Ware Jr. (1916-11-08)November 8, 1916 Blacksburg, Virginia, US
Died	April 23, 2012(2012-04-23) (aged 95)
Resting place	Westview Cemetery, Blacksburg, VA
Education	Virginia Tech (BS, 1937) Caltech (MSE, 1938)
Occupation	Engineer
Engineering career
Discipline	Aerospace Engineering

Joseph Fulton "Joe" Ware Jr. (November 8, 1916 – April 23, 2012)^[1] was a flight test engineer at Clarence "Kelly" Johnson's famed Skunk Works in the Lockheed Corporation on the first two Air Force One's, the U-2, the SR-71 Blackbird, and many others from World War II and the Cold War, becoming Department Manager of Engineering Flight Test. He was the son of Joseph F. Ware Sr.