Background
Howe, John Perry was born on June 24, 1910 in Groton, New York, United States. Son of Mather Crain and Belle Gertrude (Smith) Howe.
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Howe, John Perry was born on June 24, 1910 in Groton, New York, United States. Son of Mather Crain and Belle Gertrude (Smith) Howe.
Bachelor of Science cum laude, Hobart College, 1933. Doctor of Philosophy (Jesse Metcalf fellow 1935-1936), Brown University, 1936.
Instructor chemistry, Ohio State University, 1936-1938;
assistant professor physical chemistry, Brown U., 1938-1942;
research associate Metallurgical Laboratory Manhattan District, University of Chicago, 1942-1944;
associate director, general research and development nuclear reactors Metropolitan Lab, University of Chicago, 1945;
manager metallurgy section, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory
manager metallurgy section, General Electric, 1945-1952;
research energy conversion and storage, General Electric Research Laboratory, 1952-1953;
section chief reactor materials, Atomics International, 1953-1957;
director research department, Atomics International, 1957-1961;
Ford professor engineering, director department engineering physics and materials science College Engineering, Cornell Univercity, 1962-1964;
director department engineering physics, Cornell Univercity, 1965-1967;
staff member, Institute for Defense Analyses, Arlington, Virginia, 1967-1968;
assistant laboratory director, chairman metallurgy, General Atomic, Inc., 1968-1969;
associate director R & D, General Atomic, Inc., 1970-1971;
technical director advanced energy systems, General Atomic, Inc., 1971-1975;
consultant, Gen Atomic, Inc., 1975-1985;
consultant, Office of Technology Assesment, 1975-1977;
Adjunct Professor, University of California, San Diego, 1973-1983. Member of advisory commission on classification Atomic Energy Commission, 1952-1967, editorial advisory board reactor handbook, 1953-1963, member of advisory commission on reactor safety, 1961-1963, member board atomic safety and licensing, 1965-1968. Adviser Atomic Energy Commission delegation.
Also vice chairman session radiation effects Geneva (Switzerland) Conference Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, 1955. Delegate, advisor, 2d Atomic Energy Commission Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, Geneva, 1958. Member chemistry advising committee Air Force Office Science Research, 1957-1964.
Consultant special committee fundamental research in connection study made for Air Force, National Academy Sciences, 1957-1958. Consultant materials advisory group Institute Defense Analyses, 1960. Member science advisory group Air Force Office Aerospace Research, 1963-1971.
Visiting committee nuclear engineering division Brookhaven National Laboratory. Visiting committee solid state division Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1963-1967.
Member public services advising committee, San Diego County, 1975-1978. Member San Diego County Regional Energy Task Force. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, American Nuclear Society (Lothar P. Nordheim Distinguished award in science San Diego section 1995), American Society for Metals.
Member American Chemical Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
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Married Marilyn Leilani Evans, December 27, 1941. Children: Roger Evans, Susan Lee, Nancy Kathleen, John Alton.
