Background
Cordell, Francis Merritt was born on September 11, 1932 in South Pittsburg, Tennessee, United States. Son of Lucien Hall and Sarah Frances (Taliaferro) Cordell.
instrument engineer consultant
Cordell, Francis Merritt was born on September 11, 1932 in South Pittsburg, Tennessee, United States. Son of Lucien Hall and Sarah Frances (Taliaferro) Cordell.
Bachelor of Literature, Hamilton College, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, University Delaware, 1973.
Low speed code operator, Department Army, Fort Devens, Massachusetts, 1949-1952; materials tester, Tennessee Valley Authority, Stevenson, Alabama, 1952-1953; instrument mechanic, Tennessee Valley Authority, Stevenson, 1953-1957; senior instrument mechanic, Tennessee Valley Authority, Stevenson, 1957-1980; instrumentation supervisor, Tennessee Valley Authority, Stevenson, 1980-1986; principal restorer, telescope and observatory project, University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, since 1982. Information consultant South Pittsburg, since 1980. Member Tennessee Visiting Scientists Program, Associated Universities for the Tennessee Academy Science, Oak Ridge, since 1989.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Barnard Astronomical Society, Instrument Society of America, Tennessee Academy of Sciences, Astronomical Society Pacific.
Married Olivia Elizabeth West, June 17, 1950. 1 child, Francis Merritt Junior.