Frances Louise Ball

Background

Ball, Frances Louise was born on October 6, 1924 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Macie Doak and Gertrude Louise (Miller) Ball.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, 1945; Master of Science in Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, 1948.

Career

Instructor, Center High School, Murfreesboro, 1945-1946; instructor, Limestone College, Gaffney, South Carolina., 1948-1949; chemist, O.R. Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1949-1968; physicist Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg program, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1968-1975; research associate in analytical chemistry, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1975-1983; retired, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1983.

Achievements

• Frances Louise Ball has been listed as a noteworthy Chemist/electron microscopist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Electron Microscopy Society American (county secretary 1975-1984).

Connections

Father:

Macie Doak Ball

Mother:

Gertrude Louise (Miller) Ball