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English, Bruce Vaughan was born on August 6, 1921 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Pollard and Lucy Kelly (Rice) English.
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Bruce Vaughan English, American environmentalist, consultant. Achievements include research in project developing atomic bomb, increasing awareness of hazards of pollution since 1955, of Edgar Allan Poe's cosmology, cryptography, and other scientific writings. Named Honorary Citizen State of Maryland, 1990; Ford Faculty fellow, 1951-1952, Danforth fellow, 1956-1957, du Pont fellow, 1957-1958; recipient Smithey Math Gold medal, 1942.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Physics and Mathematics, Randolph-Macon College, 1942. Master of Science in Physics and Mathematics, Indiana University, 1943. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, University Virginia, 1958.
Career
Graduate assistant instructor army specialized training program/research assistant, Manhattan District Engineers Project physics instructor, Indiana U., Bloomington assistant professor physics army specialized training program, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia, 1943-1944; associate professor, acting department chairman physics, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia, 1948-1958; professor, department chairman, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia, 1958-1964; physicist, head high pressure laboratory, United States Navy Underwater Sound Reference Laboratory, Orlando, Florida, 1946-1948; physicist, consultant historic preservation, pollution control and environment, Ashland, since 1964; director, Poe Foundation, Inc., Richmond, 1968-1997; president, Poe Foundation, Inc., Richmond, 1973-1992; life honorary president, Poe Foundation, Inc., Richmond, since 1998; president, director, Edgar Allan Poe Museum, Richmond, 1973-1992. President Pollution Control Associations, Richmond, 1967-1970.
Achievements
Membership
Founding member Richmond Symphony, 1956. Member Patrick Henry Scotchtown Committee, Hanover County, Virginia, since 1958. President History Richmond Foundation, 1967-1970.
Board directors Church Hill Model Neighborhood Board, Richmond, 1968-1973. Chairman Bicentennial Committee for Hanover County, 1974-1992, Drainage Committee, Ashland, 1980s, Courthouse Committee for Hanover County, since 1985. Lay reader, member vestry St. John's Church, Church Hill, Richmond, Virginia, 1969-1970.
Honorary president Poe Foundation, Inc., 1998. With United States Navy, 1944-1945. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, Virginia Academy of Sciences, Virginia History Society, National Trust for History Preservation, Irish Georgian Society, Cousteau Society (founding), Air and Waste Management Association, National Society for Clean Air Great Britain, Society Descendants of Peter Francisco (founder, advisor), National D-Day Museum World War II (charter), City Tavern Club, Commonwealth Club, Farmington Country Club, Downtown Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Chi Beta Phi, Pi Delta Epsilon.
Connections
Married Virginia Tejas McCall Shaw, February 6, 1949.
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Episcopalian
Education
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Named Honorary Citizen State of Maryland, 1990. Ford Faculty fellow, 1951-1952, Danforth fellow, 1956-1957, du Pont fellow, 1957-1958. Recipient Smithey Math Gold medal, 1942.Named Honorary Citizen State of Maryland, 1990. Ford Faculty fellow, 1951-1952, Danforth fellow, 1956-1957, du Pont fellow, 1957-1958. Recipient Smithey Math Gold medal, 1942.