Bernard Simon Borie

Background

Borie, Bernard Simon was born on June 21, 1924 in New Orleans. Son of Bernard Simon and Ruth (Lastrapes) Borie.

Education

Bachelor of Science, U. Southwest Louisiana, 1944. Master of Science, Tulane University, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1956.

Fulbright fellow U. Paris, 1956-1957.

Career

May 1964); children: Kathleen, Fabienne, Marianne. Research physicist metallurgical division Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1949-1953, group leader x-ray diffraction Metals and Ceramics Division, 1957-1960, head fundamental research section, 1960-1969, senior scientist, 1969-1985;professor, University of Tennessee, since 1963. Visiting professor Cornell Univercity, 1971-1972, University of California, Berkeley, 1980.

Achievements

• Bernard Simon Borie has been listed as a noteworthy physicist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served to Lieutenant, United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1945. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers, American Society Metals, American Crystallographic Association, Science Research Society American Research in diffraction effects of thermal motion, x-ray diffraction studies of imperfect solids.

Connections

Married Martine Edith Descamps, May 2, 1957 (divorced May 1964). Children: Kathleen, Fabienne, Marianne.

Father:

Bernard Simon Borie

Mother:

Ruth (Lastrapes) Borie

Spouse:

Martine Edith Descamps

child:

Kathleen Borie

child:

Marianne Borie

child:

Fabienne Borie