Background
Menius, Arthur Clayton was born on April 30, 1916 in Salisbury, North Carolina, United States. Son of Arthur Clayton and Maud Edna (Webb) Menius.
Menius, Arthur Clayton was born on April 30, 1916 in Salisbury, North Carolina, United States. Son of Arthur Clayton and Maud Edna (Webb) Menius.
Bachelor of Arts in Physics and Math, Catawba College, 1937; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1942; Doctor of Science, Catawba College, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, U. North Carolina, 1942.
Senior physicist, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins, 1944-1946;
head battery group for proximity fuse project, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins, 1945-1946;
professor physics, Clemson College, 1946-1948;
member of faculty, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1949-1981;
professor physics, North Carolina State University, 1949-1955;
head department, North Carolina State University, 1956-1960;
dean, North Carolina State University (School Physicians and Mathematics Sciences), 1960-1981;
secretary, vice president, Tharrington's Handcrafted 18th Century Furniture, Inc., 1984. Consultant government agys. private business, 1950-1981. Chairman Governor North Carolina Science Advisory Committee,1961-1969, Atomic Energy Advisory Committee North Carolina, 1963-1971.
Member North Carolina Science and Technology Board. North Carolina State council representative Oak Ridge Associate Universities, 1963-1969, member board, 1969-1976. Education representative Southern Interstate Nuclear Board.
Board Governors Research Triangle Institute. Fellow American Physical Society. Member North Carolina Academy Science, American Institute Physics.
Carolina Country club, Sphinx, Washington (North Carolina) Yacht and Country, Sandwich club. Esso Regional Discussion Group. Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Lucille Clark Varner, March 31, 1946. 1 son, Arthur Clayton III.