OBIT, from Philly.com:
Fitz Eugene Dixon Newbold, 69, Aircraft And Aerospace Executive August 09, 1987| Fitz Eugene Dixon Newbold Jr., 69, a retired Rolls-Royce executive who helped develop jet engines and missile parts, died Friday at his home in Washington. Grandson of Sen. George Wharton Pepper (R., Pa.), Mr. Newbold was born and raised in Devon. He attended the Episcopal Academy in Merion and graduated in 1936 from St. George's, a Newport, R.I., preparatory school. After earning a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering at Princeton in 1940, Mr. Newbold joined Fairchild Engine & Airplane Corp. as an engineer. He was named engineering manager in 1948 and a year later became general manager of the Stratos division of the company. He was elected corporate vice president of Stratos in 1953. He transferred to the Fairchild engines division in 1958, where he was vice president and general manager. In that capacity, he was responsible for the production of the J44 turbojet engine and development of the J83 turbojet engine, both for the Air Force. In 1959, Mr. Newbold joined the corporate staff of Fairchild as vice president of engineering and marketing. His responsibilities included the production of the F227 aircraft and development of a sophisticated battlefield surveillance system. After moving to Itek Corp. in 1962, where he was the corporate vice president and director, he developed precision optical devices for satellite- surveillance systems, computer preferral equipment and commercial photocopying machines. Mr. Newbold joined Curtiss Wright in late 1962, becoming vice president and general manager of the Wright aeronautical division. He was responsible for the production and overhaul of the J65 jet engine and the manufacture of rocket motor cases for the Pershing, Minuteman and Titan missiles. In 1964, Mr. Newbold formed an aviation consulting firm for international aerospace companies and financial houses. With Vernon Crudge, he was appointed consultant to Bristol Fiddeley Engines Ltd. in 1965. This led to his 1967 hiring at Rolls-Royce Inc. i n New York City. Appointed executive vice president of business development in 1976, he moved to Washington in 1981 to head Rolls-Royce's military activity. Mr. Newbold was deeply involved in the development of vectored thrust propulsion, or vertical liftoff, and the introduction of the AV/8B Harrier aircraft to the Marine Corps. After retiring in 1984, he remained a full-time consultant and board member of Rolls-Royce. He received the Order of the British Empire at an investiture at the British Embassy in Washington in 1985 . The following year, he was named an honorary Marine Corps air crewman. A member of St. David's Episcopal Church in Wayne when growing up, Mr. Newgold later attended the National Cathedral in Washington. He was also active in the Princeton University Alumni Council. He is survived by his wife, Sarah Vaughan; two daughters, Eleanor Pepper Sinkler and Marion Terrell; a son, Thomas Emerson Newbold; a brother, William F. Newbold, and four grandchildren. The funeral will be 2:30 p.m Wednesday at St. David's Episcopal Church, Valley Forge Road, Wayne.1