Cornelis (Coen) van der Linden

Members of the Arthur A. Collins Legacy Association are saddened by the passing of our Association’s Treasurer, Coen van der Linden.
Coen was a Treasurer par excellence in that he solved the complexities of Government forms for a 501(c)(3) organization.

Coen was an Aeronautical engineer with a Masters degree from the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and worked at Collins Aerospace since 1997 as a flight control expert and flight test engineer. Later, he was a test director on the KC-135. The KC-135 System Integration Laboratory has been officially renamed “Coen SIL”.

Two scholarships are being established at Kirkwood Community College. Both for an outstanding student in Aeronautical Engineering and one for the Aircraft Mechanics Program.

He will be greatly missed.