Background
Buckner, John Knowles was born on September 8, 1936 in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Son of Ernest Godfrey and Mary Helen (Knowles) Buckner.
Buckner, John Knowles was born on September 8, 1936 in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Son of Ernest Godfrey and Mary Helen (Knowles) Buckner.
Bachelor of Arts, Williams College, 1958; Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, nuclear engineering, Stanford University, 1965; graduate, Advanced Management Program, Harvard, 1974.
Manager analysis department Edgerton, Germeshauser, and Greer Inc., Bedford, Massachusetts, 1966-1970. Director electronic data processing, controller, vice president financial operations Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates, Boston, 1970-1977. Executive vice president, chief operating officer, director Waters Associates, Inc., Milford, Massachusetts, 1977-1980.
Vice president, chief finance officer Prime Computer, Inc., Natick, 1980-1983. Senior vice president, chief finance officer EG & G, Inc., Wellesley, 1983-1986. Vice chairman, chief finance officer Control Data Corporation, Minneapolis, 1986-1989.
Chairman Pensco Pension Services Inc., San Francisco, 1989-1998, Bohdan Automation, Inc., Mundelein, Illinois, 1994-1998.
Member of Association Universities for Research in Astronomy (bd.d ir. since 2003), Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, Chi Psi.
Married Lorraine Catherine Anderson, September 22, 1962. Children: John Knowles, Allison.