Edgar Bascomb Darden

Background

Darden, Edgar Bascomb was born on January 23, 1920 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Son of Edgar Bascomb and Willie Harllee (Pugh) Darden.

Education

Bachelor of Science, College William and Mary, 1941; postgraduate, University of Virginia, 1946-1947; Master of Science, U. North Carolina, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1957.

Career

Physicist's aide, United States Navy, Norfolk, Virginia, 1941; instructor physics, College William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1941-1942; junior biologist, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, 1949-1955; researcher, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) Institute Nuclear Studies, 1955-1956; biologist, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, 1956-1973; professor, head radiation safety Comparative Animal Research Laboratory,, U. Tennessee, Oak Ridge, 1973-1981; radiation safety officer, Oak Ridge Association Universities, 1981-1987; retired,, 1987; consultant, Federal Aviation Administration, Oklahoma City, since 1990. Reviewer Radiation Research, Charlottesville.

Membership

Member, president, manager Oak Ridge Cmty. Chorus, 1949-1952; volunteer, Recording for the Blind, 1950s. Volunteer Ecumenical Storehouse, Oak Ridge, since 1980.

Volunteer Habitat for Humanity, East Tennessee, since 1985. 1st Lieutenant United States Army, 1942-1946, PTO. Member American Physical Society (emeritus), Health Physics Society (emeritus, county East Tennessee chapter 1978-1980), Sigma Xi, Sigma Pi Sigma, Phi Beta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: hiking, walking, lay minister, handyman work at home and church, choral singing.

Connections

Married Ruth Lee Dossett, December 13, 1969. 1 stepchild, Glenn Leinart.

Father:

Edgar Bascomb Darden

Mother:

Willie Harllee (Pugh) Darden

Spouse:

Ruth Lee Dossett