Shelby Westbrook (1922-2016) *94
The grave site of Shelby Westbrook / Plot 86220405. This memorial website was created in memory of Shelby Westbrook, 94, born on January 15, 1922 and passed away on August 17, 2016.
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was a Tuskegee Airman active during World War II. Westbrook returned to the United States in 1945. He had planned to attend engineering school, but was turned down by the director of the school. It wouldn't accept black students. After this setback, Westbrook moved to Chicago and earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Electronics from the American Television Institute of Technology.
He was employed as an electrical engineer at W. R. Grace & Co., which was a major manufacturing facility that made packaging machines. During his 18 years there, Westbrook designed various types of electronic control circuits. He is listed as the co-inventor of a patented processing system that is still used.
He was the editor of the book, Tuskegee Airmen 1941-1945. Shelby Westbrook also wrote and published a book "Bolo Pacha"; the story of a double spy during WWI. Shelby Westbrook married Lulu Bell Leonard in 1952. They resided on the South Side of Chicago in the same house until her death in 2006.
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