David Hugh Crandall

Background

Crandall, David Hugh was born on July 9, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Hugh John and Nellie Grace (Alborn) Crandall.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Sioux Falls College, 1964; Master of Science, U. Nebraska, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Nebraska, 1970.

Career

Visiting assistant professor, U. Missouri, Rolla, 1970-1971; research associate, Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, Boulder, Colorado, 1971-1974; research scientist, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, 1974-1979; program manager physics, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, 1979-1983; branch chief experimental plasma research Office of Fusion Energy, Department of Energy, Washington, 1983-1987; director applied plasma physics, Department of Energy, Washington, 1987-1994; director, Office Inertial Fusion and National Ignition Facility, Washington, since 1995.

Achievements

• David Hugh Crandall has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Coach Montgomery County Youth Basketball, Germantown, Maryland., 1988-1991. Official Montgomery County Swim League, since 1989. Fellow American Physical Society.

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Connections

Married Sidney Kathryn Horn, June 22, 1963 (divorced November 1975). Children: Kathryn Ann, Christine Rene. Married Ellen Joy Dorros, March 7, 1976.

1 child, Brian David.

Father:

Hugh John Crandall

Mother:

Nellie Grace (Alborn) Crandall

Spouse:

Ellen Joy Dorros

Spouse:

Sidney Kathryn Horn

child:

Brian David Crandall

child:

Kathryn Ann Crandall

child:

Christine Rene Crandall