Background
Trauger, Donald Byron was born on June 29, 1920 in Exeter, Nebraska, United States. Son of Charles C. and Ethel L. (Downey) Trauger.
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In this insightful memoir, physicist Donald Trauger shares stories from an amazing five-decade career that shaped many important developments in nuclear energy technology. Readers will find in these pages a fascinating glimpse into the brilliant mind of a pioneer and prophet who witnessed firsthand the explosion of energy technology that defined the twentieth century.
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Nuclear engineering laboratory administrator
Trauger, Donald Byron was born on June 29, 1920 in Exeter, Nebraska, United States. Son of Charles C. and Ethel L. (Downey) Trauger.
Bachelor of Arts, Nebraska Wesleyan University, 1942; Honorary Doctor of Science, Nebraska Wesleyan University, 1974; postgraduate, Columbia University, 1942-1946; postgraduate, U. Tennessee, 1946-1949; Honorary Doctor of Science, Tennessee Wesleyan College, 1977.
Supervisor test equipment development, Manhattan District Project, 1942-1946; supervisor, Development Laboratory, Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant, 1946-1954; with, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1954-1993; associate director nuclear and engineering technologies, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1970-1984; senior staff assistant to director, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1984-1993; consultant in energy technical, since 1993.
(In this insightful memoir, physicist Donald Trauger share...)
Member Oak Ridge Board Education, 1961-1967. President Oak Ridge Parent-Teachers Association Council, 1969-1970,Oak Ridge Parents Advisory Council, 1958-1959. Chairman of the executive committee, trustee Tennessee Wesleyan College, 1976-1981, Chairman of the Board Governors, 1986-1990, chairman of the board of trustees, 1990-1993.
Fellow American Nuclear Society (chairman planning committee 1981-1983). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Am.Phys. Society, Sigma Xi (president Oak Ridge chapter 1987-1988), Sigma Pi Sigma.
Married Elaine Causey, September 2, 1945. Children: Byron Roscoe, Thomas Charles.