Background
Pierce, Elliot Stearns was born on April 30, 1922 in Attleboro, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Clifford Ernest and Mary Evelyn (Pratt) Pierce.
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Elliot Stearns Pierce
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor of Science, Yale University, 1943; Master of Science, Yale University, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1951.
Career
Instructor, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1950-1951;
research chemist, group leader, American Cyanamid Company, Bound Brook, New Jersey, 1951-1955;
science recruiter, American Cyanamid Company. New York City, 1955-1956;
government research and development liaison, American Cyanamid Company, Washington, 1956-1959;
chemist, Air Force Office Science Research, Washington, 1959-1961;
chemist, Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, 1961-1967;
deputy, director nuclear education and training, Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, 1967-1973;
director engineering, mathematics and geoscience Energy Research Development Administration, Department Energy, Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, 1973-1979;
director chemical science Energy Research Development Administration, Department Energy, Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, 1973-1986;
consultant, Kensington, Maryland., since 1986. Member University of Chicago review committee for Chemistry Division Argonne Laboratory, 1986-1989, chairman, 1988-1989.
Member of advisory committee for electromagnetic isotope enrichment Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1987-1990, chairman, 1990.
Achievements
Membership
Treasurer congressional election campaign 6th District New Jersey, 1953-1954. Founder Parent-Teachers Association, Kensington, 1958-1961. Executive secretary, vice president, board directors Montgomery County Scholarship Fund, Rockville, Maryland., 1960-1970.
Chairman Montgomery County Conference Education, 1961. Board director Home Study, Inc., Kensington, 1962-1970. Chairman ad hoc committee for Maryland.
State Board of Education on Teacher Certified Standards, 1965-1967. Member Maryland. Professional Standards Board, 1969-1971. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1944-1946,PTO. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (member senior science and engineering since 1990, vice-chairman governor 1993-1996), American Institute Chemists.
Member American Physical Society, American Chemical Society (councilor since 1968), National Reserve Council's Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology (life), Maryland. Congress Parents and Teachers (life), Kengar Civic Association (life), Sigma Xi.
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Married Vivianne Edith Wulleumier, December 26, 1946. Children: Elliot Stearns, Junior, Katrina-Pilar, Roxanne Taillard.
