Background
Holmes, Douglas Burnham was born on June 16, 1938 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Burnham Babb and Josephine Douglas (Seymour) Holmes.
Holmes, Douglas Burnham was born on June 16, 1938 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Burnham Babb and Josephine Douglas (Seymour) Holmes.
Bachelor of Arts, Rice Institute, 1960. Master of Science, Rice University, 1962. Doctor of Engineering Territory of Hawaii-Delft, 1967.
Instructor, Technische Hogeschool, Delft, The Netherlands, 1963-1968.
Development engineer Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968-1972. Camera operations manager Polaroid (Europa) B.V., Enschede, The Netherlands, 1972-1974.
Technical manager Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1974-1977, senior technical manager battery division, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1977-1984, senior manager product planning, Cambridge, 1984-1988, Ecological Engineering Associates, Falmouth, Massachusetts, 1989. Solar energy consultant Minergy Associates, Lexington, Massachusetts, since 1979.
Instructor, Technische Hogeschool, Delft, The Netherlands, 1963-1968. Development engineer Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968-1972. Camera operations manager Polaroid (Europa) B.V., Enschede, The Netherlands, 1972-1974.
Technical manager Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1974-1977, senior technical manager battery division, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1977-1984, senior manager product planning, Cambridge, 1984-1988, Ecological Engineering Associations, Falmouth, Massachusetts, 1989.
Solar energy consultant Minergy Associations, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1979.
Member American Solar Energy Society, International Solar Energy Society, Society Rheology, National Computer Graphics Association, North East Solar Energy Association (chairman board directors 1983-1985), New Alchemy Institute (board directors since 1983), Photo Voltaic Information and Education Association, Sigma Xi.
Married Elske Weijmarshausen, July 8, 1967. Children– Deirdre Elske, Dwight Melchior.