Sheldon Dolinger

Sheldon Dolinger died 1/2/22 in Bloomfield, CT. He was a long term resident of West Hartford, and a resident of Newington since 2007. Predeceased by his wife Cynthia Kone Dolinger and his daughter Samantha Cook, he leaves two daughters, Julie Cushman (Guy), Ann Arbor, MI, and Marna Dolinger (Steve Gold) Brookline, MA, and a sister Thema Ratner of Boynton Beach, FL. He was preceded in death by brothers Al and Milton Dolinger and sister Rose Valenzo. Born in Brooklyn New York in 1928, his family moved to Scranton PA. There he was vice president of the Alpha Zadich Alpha fraternity, a national organization associated with the YMHA, and was captain of the fraternity basketball team. He enlisted in the US Regular Army. After graduation from High School he served in the US Army, 24th Infantry Division in the occupation forces in Japan. He received an Honorable Discharge as a Technical Sergeant after serving out his enlistment. Upon leaving the US Army, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Pennsylvania State University in 1952 and later, while working at United Technologies Corporation, he received a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). Mr. Dolinger was employed by United Technologies Corporation. His initial assignment was at the United Technologies Research Center in East Hartford, a central research organization for the corporation. In 1957, he was assigned to a new Division, the Missiles and Space Systems Division. This Division later became the Corporate System Center, where he was part of the team working on design and manufacture of inertial guidance systems, which provided a backup inertial guidance system for the APOLLO space program, that helped bring the crippled APOLLO 13 and its astronauts back home. This system eventually became a new produce line for the company. He retired in December 1991 as the Manager, Division Technology Transfer and Coordination. After retirement from UTC, he was one of the founders of a nonprofit company, the Connecticut Technology Associates, Inc. (CTA) in 1992, where he was Director of the Technology Application Center, Secretary, and Member of the Board of Directors. At this retirement from CTA in 2002, he formed a Sole Proprietorship, SD Associates. He was fully retired at the time of his death. He was cofounder of the Hartford, CT Chapter of the American Rocket Society in the early 70’s, and it’s President for two years. The American Rocket Society later became an affiliate of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics of which he was a member. He was a long term member of Congregation Beth Israel, West Hartford, CT. Contributions can be made to Congregation Beth Israel, Farmington Avenue, West Hartford, CT. A virtual Shiva will be held Saturday 1/8/22 at 5PM. For information please contact Congregation Beth Israel.

Contributions can be made to Congregation Beth Israel, Farmington Avenue, West Hartford, CT.

A virtual Shiva will be held Saturday 1/8/22 at 5PM. For information please contact Congregation Beth Israel.