Career
Durham earned three degrees from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa (General Electric "39. Civil Engineering "40; Privatdozent "45) before moving to Omaha, Nebraska to join his college sweetheart, the former Margre Henningson, and beginning his professional life as an engineer with Henningson Engineering Company. He was initiated as Bond 274 Durham was a student under John Vincent Atanasoff, who along with his graduate assistant Clifford Berry, invented the world"s first electronic digital computer.
Durham began work at Henningson Engineering Company for Margre Henningson"s father, Henning Henry Henningson, in 1940.
Within ten years the company officially changed its name to Henningson, Durham, and Richardson, Incorporated or High-Dose-Rate, Incorporated., under Durham"s leadership. Durham grew the firm from 15 employees to 1,700 before retiring.
Durham also founded and ran the firm Durham Resources until his death in 2008 Iowa State University The Durham and Marge Henningson Durham Center for Computation and Communication Durham Great Hall, Iowa State Memorial Union His (or Her) Highness Henningson Plaza (next to Howe Hall) donated by Durham in honor of his father-in-law Durham Visualization Laboratory University of Nebraska Omaha Durham Science Center Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction and Margre H. Durham Distinguished Professor of Information Science and Technology University of Nebraska Medical Center Durham Research Center & Durham Research Plaza Durham Research Center II The Durham Museum.
