Chauncey Starr

Background

Starr, Chauncey was born on April 14, 1912 in Newark. Son of Rubin and Rose (Dropkin) Starr.

Education

Electrical engineer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1932. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1935. Doctor of Engineering (honorary), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1964.

Doctor of Engineering (honorary), Swiss Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, 1980. Doctor of Science (honorary), Tulane University, 1986.

Career

Research fellow physics Harvard University, 1935—1937. Research associate Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1938—1941. Research physicist D.W. Taylor Model Basin, Bureau Ships, 1941—1942.

Staff radiation laboratory University California, 1942—1943, Tennessee Eastman Corporation, Oak Ridge, 1943—1946, Tennessee Eastman Corporation (Clinton Laboratories), 1946. Chief special research North American Aviation, Inc., Downey, California, 1946—1949, director atomic energy research department, 1949—1955, vice president, 1955—1966. General manager North American Aviation, Inc.

(Atomics International division), 1955—1960, president division, 1960—1966. Dean school engineering & applied science University of California at Los Angeles, 1966—1973. Consultant professor Stanford University, 1974—2007.

Founding president Electric Power Research Institute, 1972—1978, vice chairman, 1978—1987, president emeritus, 1987—2007. Director Atomic Industrial Forum.

Achievements

• Chauncey Starr has been listed as a noteworthy research institute executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science (director), American Physical Society (Pake prize), American Nuclear Society (founder, past president). Member: National Academy of Engineering (vice president, Arthur M. Bueche award 2006), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (senior ), Royal Swedish Academy Engineering Sciences, American Power Conference, Sigma Xi, Eta Kappa Nu.

Connections

Married Doris Evelyn Debel, March 20, 1938. Children: Ross M., Ariel E. Wooley.

Father:

Rubin Starr

Mother:

Rose (Dropkin) Starr

Spouse:

Doris Evelyn Debel

child:

Ross M. Starr

child:

Ariel E. Wooley Starr