Background
Nightingale, Richard Edwin was born on June 3, 1926 in Walla Walla, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Edwin Simnitt and Helen Carpenter (Coston) Nightingale.
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Nightingale, Richard Edwin was born on June 3, 1926 in Walla Walla, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Edwin Simnitt and Helen Carpenter (Coston) Nightingale.
Bachelor in Chemistry, Whitman College, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Chemistry, Washington State University, 1953.
Post-doctoral fellow University Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1952-1954. Scientist General Electrical Company, Richland, Washington, 1954-1959, manager materials research, 1959-1964. Manager metallurgy and ceramics Battelle Northwest, 1965-1969, manager chemical technology, 1969-1984, program manager, since 1984.
Instructor physical chemistry Joint Center for Graduate Study, Richland, 1959-1963. Delegate Geneva Conference Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, 1958, 62. Member, leader numerous science delegations to Europe, 1957-1985.
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Board directors Benton-Franklin Chapter American Red Cross, Kennewick, Washington, 1970-1975. Served with United States Army air corps, 1944-1945. Fellow American Nuclear Society (certified of merit 1968).
Member American Carbon Society (executive committee 1964-1968), American Chemical Society, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Lambda Upsilon.
Married Joyce Helen Neel, June 11, 1944. Children: Katherine, Susan, Laura.