Eric Stephen Beckjord

Background

Beckjord, Eric Stephen was born on February 17, 1929 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of Walter Clarence and Mary Amelia (Hitchcox) Beckjord.

Education

AB cum laude, Harvard University, 1951. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1956. Master of Business Administration, University Chicago, 1984.

Career

Development engineer, General Electric, San Jose, California, 1956-1960; project engineer, General Electric, Pleasanton, California, 1960-1963; engineering manager, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1963-1970; project director, manager strategic planning-nuclear, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, 1973-1975; vice president, Westinghouse Nuclear Europe, Brussels, 1970-1973; deputy director, Federal Energy Administration, Washington, 1975; director division reactor development and demonstration, Energy Research and Development Administration, Washington, 1976-1977; director nuclear power development, Department of Energy, Washington, 1977-1978; coordinator international nuclear study, Department of Energy, 1978-1980; deputy director, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, 1980-1984; visiting professor nuclear engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1984-1986; director research, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 1986-1995; consultant, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, since 1995; Chairman of Commission safety of nuclear installations, National Education Association-DECD, Paris, 1995.

Achievements

• Avocation: history. M C.

Membership

Member visiting committee for nuclear engineering department Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992-1998. Member board visitors department materials and nuclear engineering U. Maryland., since 1995. Vestryman Calvary Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh, 1970, 75.

Vestry St. Alban's Church, Washington, 1989-1993. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1951-1954. Fellow American Nuclear Society (board directors 1995-1998).

Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior), Sigma Xi (Presidential Meritorious award 1992).

Interests

• History.

Connections

Married Caroline WendellGardner, February 28, 1953. Children— Eric H., Amy W., Charles A., Sarah H.

Father:

Walter Clarence Beckjord

Mother:

Mary Amelia (Hitchcox) Beckjord

Spouse:

Caroline Wendell Gardner

child:

Amy W. Beckjord

child:

Charles A. Beckjord

child:

Eric H. Beckjord

child:

Sarah H. Beckjord