Background
Magnuson, Charles Emil was born on December 19, 1939 in Rushville, Nebraska, United States. Son of Ivan N. and Lena C. (Ray) Magnuson.
Magnuson, Charles Emil was born on December 19, 1939 in Rushville, Nebraska, United States. Son of Ivan N. and Lena C. (Ray) Magnuson.
Bachelor, Nebraska Wesleyan University, 1962; Master of Arts, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1974.
Assistant professor physics, Carson Newman College, Jefferson City, Tennessee, 1966-1970; graduate teaching assistant, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1970-1974; lecturer, research associate department physics, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1975; research scientist indstrl. engineering, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1975-1980; senior research scientist, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1981-1983; president, Biosystems Technologies Inc., Durham, since 1988; science fellow, KWBES, College Station, since 1992. Consultant Swike Anderson & Associations, Bryan, Texas, since 1980.
Scoutmaster Boy Scouts American, College Station, since 1989. Precinct chairman Republican Party, Texas, 1978, 79, 82. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, Kiwanis (youth services chairman), Sigma Xi.
Married Denise Therese Maynard, August 20, 1971. Children: Ivan Geard, Curt Emil, Todd Maynard.