Frank Leon Parker

Background

Parker, Frank Leon was born on March 23, 1926 in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Benjamin James and Bertha (Cohen) Parker.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1948. Master of Science, Harvard University, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1955.

Career

Engineer United States Bureau Reclamation, Riverton, Wyoming, 1948. Field engineer Rockland Light & Power Company, Nyack, New York, 1949—1950. Consultant Howard M. Turner, Boston, 1955.

Section chief International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 1960—1961. Chief radioactive waste disposal research section Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1956—1966. Professor environmental engineering Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1967—1989, distinguished professor environmental and water resources engineering, since 1989, Alexander Heard Distinguished professor, 1988.

Westinghouse Savannah River Distinguished Science professor Clemson (South Carolina) University, 1991—1996, emininent scientist professor, since 1997. Harvie Branscomb Distinguished professor, 1994—1995. Senior researcher Beijer Institute, 1983—1987, International Institute Applied Systems Analysis, since 1995.

Chairman board radioactive waste management National Academy of Sciences, 1985—1991. Commissioner Monitored Retrievable Storage Review Commission, 1988—1989. With United States Army, 1943-1946.

Achievements

• Frank Leon Parker has been listed as a noteworthy environmental engineering educator, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Physical and Engineering Aspects of Thermal Pollution (CRC monoscience series)

    (Great vintage book!)

  • Biological aspects of Thermal Pollution; Proceedings of the National Symposium on Thermal Pollution, Sponsored by the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration and Vanderbilt University, Portland, Oregon, June 3- 5, 1968

Membership

Member Portuguese; member Nashville Appeals Board, 1979-1988. Member Jewish Community Rels. Council, Nashville, 1981-1987.

With United States Army, 1943-1946.

Member National Academy of Engineering, Society Risk Analysis, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Nuclear Society, American Geophysical Union, Health Physics Society, National Council Radiation Protection and Measurements (consociate).

Connections

Married Elaine Marilyn Goldman, August 22, 1954. Children: Nina Madeline, Aaron Bennet, Stephan Alexander, David Seth.

Father:

Benjamin James Parker

Mother:

Bertha (Cohen) Parker

Spouse:

Elaine Marilyn Goldman

child:

Aaron Bennet Parker

child:

David Seth Parker

child:

Stephan Alexander Parker

child:

Nina Madeline Parker