Background
Ballard, Douglas Wilson was born on October 4, 1922 in Selma, Alabama, United States. Son of William Jackson and Viola Martin (Wilson) Ballard.
consultant research scientist process engineer
Ballard, Douglas Wilson was born on October 4, 1922 in Selma, Alabama, United States. Son of William Jackson and Viola Martin (Wilson) Ballard.
Mechanical engineering student, Auburn University, 1941—1943. Mechanical engineering student, City College of New York, 1943—1944. Bachelor of Science, University New Mexico, 1950.
Master of Science, University New Mexico, 1952.
Process engineer Manhattan Project, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1944—1945. Supervisor plutonium metallurgy Los Alamos Science Laboratory, New Mexico, 1945—1948. Supervisor quality assurance Sandia Laboratories, Albuquerque, 1954—1962, supervisor manufacturing research, 1962—1969, supervisor nondestructive testing, 1969—1982.
Consultant, from 1983. President Federal Credit Union, Albuquerque, 1965—1966. Member advisory panel Field Tec Inc., Santa Ana, California, from 1983.
Chairman conservation in materials utilization committee Federation Material Societies study National Council for Materials Policy. With C.E. United States Army, 1943-1946.
Fellow: American Society Nondestructive Testing (national president 1963-1964, member national materials advisory board panels, Mehl honorary lecturer 1972). Member: American Society for Metals (chairman Albuquerque section 1958), United States Air Force Officers Club.
Married Patsy Bailey, March 20, 1946. Children: Karen Lynn Ballard Molzen, Steven Douglas.