Elton James Cairns

Background

Cairns, Elton James was born on November 7, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of James Edward and Claire Angele (Larzelere) Cairns.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Michigan Technology U., Houghton, 1955; Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering (Dow Chemical Company fellow, university fellow, StandardOil Company California grantee, National Science Foundation fellow), University of California, Berkeley, 1959.

Career

Physical chemist, General Electric Research Laboratory, Schenectady, 1959-1966; group leader, then section head chemical engineering division, Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1966-1973; assistant head electrochemistry department, General Motors Research laboratories, 1973-1978; associate laboratory director, director energy and environment division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California, 1978-1996; Communicative Disorders Hollowell memorial lecturer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California, 1996; head, Energy Conversion and Storage Program, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California, since 1982; professor chemical engineering, University of California, Berkeley, since 1978. Consultant in field; member numerous government panels. Croft lecturer U. Missouri, 1979.

Achievements

• Elton James Cairns has been listed as a noteworthy Chemical engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Fuel Cells and Fuel Batteries: A Guide to Their Research and Development

Membership

Fellow American Institutions Chemists, Electrochemical Society (chairman physical electrochemical division 1981-1984, vice president 1986-1989, president 1989-1990, Francis Mills Turner award 1963). Member AIChE (chairman energy conversion committee 1970-1994), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, International Society Electrochemistry (chairman electrochemical energy conversion division 1977-1985, United States national secretary 1983-1989, vice president 1984-1988, president-elect 1997-1998), Intersoc. Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (steering committee since 1970, general chairman 1976, 90, 97, program chairman 1983).

Connections

Married Miriam Esther Citron, December 26, 1974. 1 daughter, Valerie Helen. Stepchildren: Benjamin David, Joshua Aaron.

Father:

James Edward Cairns

Mother:

Claire Angele (Larzelere) Cairns

Spouse:

Miriam Esther Citron

child:

Joshua Aaron Cairns

child:

Benjamin David Cairns