Background
Chezem, Curtis Gordon was born on January 28, 1924 in Eugene, Oregon, United States. Son of Clinton Daniel and Vera Veneta (Forrester) Chezem.
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Curtis Gordon Chezem
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor of Arts Math, U. Oregon, 1951; Master of Arts in Physics, U. Oregon, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, Oregon State University, 1960.
Career
Flight radio officer, Pan American World Airways, Seattle, San Francisco, 1942-1944;
chief radio officer, Hammond S.S. Lines, San Francisco, 1944-1945;
telegrapher, Western Union, Eugene, 1946;
announcer, engineer, KUGN-KASH Eugene, 1946-1951;
staff physicist, Los Alamos Science Laboratory, 1952-1967;
branch chief, Atomic Energy Commission, 1967-1969;
head nuclear engineering department, Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1969-1972;
Black & Veatch professor nuclear engineering, Kansas State University, 1971-1972;
partner, Casa Tlaloc, Los Alamos, 1960-1968;
partner, Casa Tlaloc, Manhattan, 1969-1972;
director nuclear activities, Middle South Services, Incorporated, New York Orleans, 1972-1977;
manager, Waterman, Inc., Amarillo, Texas, 1978-1979;
president, Seven Seas Gifts, Inc., Nantucket, Massachusetts, 1980-1986. Supervisor reactor program United States Atoms for Peace program, Bogota, Colombia,1963. Visiting professor Texas A. and M. U., 1966-1967.
Adjunct Professor U. New Mexico, 1962-1965. Kansas State University representative Atomic Industrial Forum, 1969-1972, Middle South Utilities Inc. representative, 1973-1977. Chairman professional training committee Institute Nuclear Materials Management, 1968-1970, member professional standards and certification, 1970-1972, member Executive Committee, 1973-1974, editor journal, 1972-1974.
Instructor airplane and instrument flight, since 1966. Delaware Assembly Border States United States-Mexico, Santa Fe, 1966. Chairman advisory council on education Atomic Industrial Forum, 1972-1977, member commission on reactor licensing and safety, 1974-1977.
Member Kansas Nuclear Energy Council, 1969-1972.
Achievements
Membership
Board control Tau Kappa Epsilon, Kansas State University, 1969-1972. Served with Oregon National Guard, 1939-1940. Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1945-1946.
Fellow Washington Academy Sciences. Member Electric Power Research Institute (geothermal program committee 1975-1977, new energy resources task force 1976-1977), Masons, Sigma Xi, Pi Mu Epsilon, Tau Kappa Epsilon.
Connections
Married Clara Matheos Zacharis, December 27, 1988. Children by previous marriage: Joanne, David.
