Background
Tuck, James Leslie was born on January 9, 1910 in Manchester, England. Son of James Henry and Selina Jane (Reece) Tuck.
Tuck, James Leslie was born on January 9, 1910 in Manchester, England. Son of James Henry and Selina Jane (Reece) Tuck.
Bachelor of Science, Victoria University, Manchester, 1932, Master of Science, 1936. Salter fellow Clarendon Laboratory, U. Oxford, 1936-1939, Master of Arts, 1949.
Came to the United States, 1949, naturalized, 1955. Chief science adviser to Lord Cherwell, member personal staff Winston Churchill, 1939-1944. Member British mission to Manhattan Project, Los Alamos, 1944-1946.
Supervisor Institute Advanced Studies, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, 1946-1949.
Member of staff theoretical division Los Alamos Science Laboratory, 1950-1955, associate physics division leader, also head controlled thermonuclear research, 1955-1973. Walker-Ames distinguished professor of University Washington, 1974-1980.
Visiting professor U. Waikeato, New Zealand, 1974. Regents’ lecturer University of California at Louisiana Jolla, 1975.
Guggenheim fellow, Paris, Rome, 1962.
Decorated Order British Empire.
Fellow American Physical Society.
Married Elsie Mary Harper, August 11, 1937. Children: Sarah Catherine Mary (Mistress Donald F. Pasicka), Peter Humphrey James.