CHARLES C. LUTMAN, born January 5, 1919, in Baltimore, Maryland, is a graduate of Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and the University of Maryland. He joined the Coast Guard in April 1938 and served at sea until September 1938. He was then transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. In August 1940 he left the Coast Guard Academy to accept an appointment as a Flying Cadet in the U.S. Army Air Corps.

After Pearl Harbor, Lutman was assigned to the 50th Composite Group at Orlando, Florida, which was equipped with P-40's, A-20's, B-18's and observation aircraft. The 50th was reorganized and Lutman was assigned to the 306th Pursuit Squadron at Tallahassee, Florida. The 306th subsequently became an OTU and Lutman became an instructor pilot in P-40's, P-39's, A-36's and finally P-47's.

A cadre of P-47 instructors formed the 507th Fighter Squadron in 1943. The squadron was made combat ready and shipped to England in late 1943. Lutman flew 130 combat missions in Europe including air superiority, interdiction, and close support of ground troops. After combat in the ETO, he received several flying assignments including fighter combat in Korea. Subsequent assignments included one at HQUSAF, the Pentagon.

Following his tour of duty in Washington, Lutman returned to Europe and was assigned to U.S. Joint Command (EUCOM). In 1959 he was reassigned to the Ballistic Missile Division of the Air Research & Development Command. Lutman participated in the development of space systems and also the first Minuteman Missile deployment. He was subsequently assigned to Manned Space Flight with NASA and participated in the Lunar Program including simulated flights to the moon with other USAF test pilots at the Martin Plant in Baltimore.

Returning to the USAF in 1962, Lutman flew combat in Vietnam. He was later assigned as the Director of Systems Planning at the Air Force Systems Command. The systems planned during his tenure include the B-1, AWACS, F.X (F-15 and F-16), A.X, XF-12 (SR-71) and other such weapon systems.

He retired from the USAF in 1967 and joined the Ralph M. Parsons Company as a Project Engineer. In this capacity, Lutman worked on scientific research projects and later became a Project Manager for various research and engineering design projects. One of the more interesting assignments was the master planning of facilities for the Space Shuttle. These included launch and landing sites, astronaut training, manufacturing and final assembly, engine and structural test and flight test.

Lutman is presently (1980) a Vice President of the Ralph M. Parsons Company and is assigned to the construction of the Baltimore Region Rapid Transit System. Lutman is a member of Sigma Xi (The Scientific Research Society of America), an Associate Fellow in the American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, the Society of American Military Engineers, the National Association of Power Engineers and other such professional groups. He is on the Board of Engineering Examiners for National Institute for the licensing of Power Engineers.