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An Ohio native, Clyde Raymond Tipton Jr. spent his pre-college years in Danville, Kentucky. During the Second World War he served with the United States Army Air Corps before beginning his engineering education at the University of Kentucky. His early experience in military service, metallurgy, and nuclear research shaped a professional career that combined scientific investigation with organizational leadership and public communication.
Tipton studied metallurgical engineering at the University of Kentucky, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in 1946 and a Master of Science degree in 1947. His graduate education prepared him for work in materials research and nuclear technology, fields that became the foundation of his early professional career.
After completing his University of Kentucky degrees, Tipton joined the Battelle Memorial Institute as a research engineer. His initial work concerned the precision casting of high-temperature alloys used in nuclear-physics investigations, and he subsequently contributed to research on reactor materials, fuel elements, plutonium metallurgy, uranium and thorium systems, and other applications of atomic energy. He later moved to Los Alamos Laboratory, where he researched the metallurgy of plutonium, before returning to Battelle. At Battelle he advanced through research, management, communications, and public-affairs responsibilities. His work included service as an assistant director of Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, director of basic research, and leadership of communications and public affairs. He also served as a vice president and corporate director of communications. In that capacity he managed and edited science-policy communications, including Battelle's Science Policy Reviews, while remaining active in business communications and development. He retired from Battelle Memorial Institute in 1986. Tipton's professional activities extended beyond laboratory research and corporate administration. He served on the United States Secretariat for the Second United Nations Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy and worked as a consultant to the United States Atomic Energy Commission in the Atoms for Peace program in Japan, Brazil, and India. After retirement he continued working as a communications and business-development consultant. His documented technical work included patents and co-authored reports on reactor materials and plutonium-aluminum alloys.
Developed and contributed to patented research involving plutonium-aluminum alloys for use in neutronic-reactor fuel systems.
Served on the United States Secretariat for the Second United Nations Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy.
Served as a consultant to the United States Atomic Energy Commission in the Atoms for Peace program in Japan, Brazil, and India.
Built a professional career spanning nuclear-materials research, scientific communications, corporate leadership, and professional-engineering advocacy.
Served as president of the National Society of Professional Engineers in 1995–1996 and president of the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers in 1990–1991.
(United States Patent US2885283A, co-invented with Fred W....)
1959(Managing editor of volume 4, number 1, a Battelle Memoria...)
1971(Co-authored with Russell W. Dayton; Battelle Memorial Ins...)
1956Progress Relating to Military Applications During April 1957
(Co-authored with Russell W. Dayton for Battelle Memorial ...)
1957Progress Relating to Military Applications During May 1957
(Co-authored with Russell W. Dayton for Battelle Memorial ...)
1957Progress Report for August 1955
(Co-authored with Russell W. Dayton for Battelle Memorial ...)
1955Progress Relating to Civilian Applications During August 1961
(Co-authored with Russell W. Dayton for Battelle Memorial ...)
1961Identified with African Gospel Christianity.
Quotations: “Routinely Emphasize Professionalism, Ethics, and Trust,” the phrase Tipton used for Project REPEAT during his leadership of the National Society of Professional Engineers.
Tipton was a Fellow of the National Society of Professional Engineers and served as the society's president in 1995–1996. He was also active in the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers, serving as its president in 1990–1991. His professional affiliations included the American Society for Metals, Sigma Xi, Alpha Chi Sigma, and Lions Clubs International, where he held life membership. His engineering leadership emphasized professional standards, ethics, public service, and the standing of the engineering profession.
Fellow; served as president in 1995–1996 and received the society's Outstanding Service Award in 1992.
National Society of Professional Engineers
Served as president in 1990–1991; received the Award of Distinction, Uncommon Man Award, and other professional recognitions.
Ohio Society of Professional Engineers
American Society for Metals
Life member.
Lions
Sigma Xi
Alpha Chi Sigma
Tipton was the son of Ida and Clyde Tipton. His professional connections included the Battelle Memorial Institute, Los Alamos Laboratory, the United States Atomic Energy Commission, the United Nations Secretariat for the Second Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, the National Society of Professional Engineers, and the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers.
