Cecil Price Marion

Background

Marion,, Cecil Price was born on September 26, 1919 in Amory, Mississippi, United States. Son of Cecil Price and Lola (Jarvis) Marion.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Oklahoma, 1941. Master of Science, Mississippi State University, 1951.

Career

Instructor engineering graphics Mississippi State University, 1941-1942, 47-51, assistant professor, 1951-1953, associate professor, 1953-1957. Geophysicist Petty Geophysical Engineering Company Ambato, Ecuador, 1945-1946. Associate professor, assistant to dean engineering University Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, 1957-1962, professor, chairman engineering graphics department, 1962-1976, professor mechanical engineering, 1976-1985, professor emeritus, since 1985.

Instructor, director marine sedimentation Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Ocean Springs, Mississippi, summers 1948-1950. Consultant Agricultural Experiment Station Mississippi, 1954-1956. Director school Decatur Iron & Steel Company, Alabama, summer 1956.

Achievements

• Registered professional engineer, Mississippi.

Membership

Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1945. Member American Society Engineering Education (past division chairman Southeastern section, secretary-treasurer Southeastern section 1970-1976, president section 1976-1977), Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Civil Air Patrol (officer International Air Cadet Exchange, France 1962), Sigma Gamma Epsilon.

Connections

Married Eleanor Hand Freeman, June 24, 1945. Children– Diane Elizabeth, Ellen Hand, Cecil Price III.

Father:

Cecil Price Marion,

Mother:

Lola (Jarvis) Marion,

Spouse:

Eleanor Hand Freeman

child:

Diane Elizabeth Marion,

child:

Ellen Hand Marion,

child:

Cecil Price III Marion,