Background
Clinard, Frank Welch was born on August 4, 1933 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Son of Frank Welch and Hazel Helen (Hauser) Clinard.
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Frank Welch Clinard
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Education
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1955; MSMetE, North Carolina State University, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1965.
Career
Staff member, Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1957-1961;
research assistant, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 1961-1964;
staff member, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, 1964-1977;
section leader, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, 1977-1989;
laboratory associate, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, 1989-1992;
staff member, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, 1992-1994;
guest scientist, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, since 1995. Consultant in field, Los Alamos, since 1983. Adjunct Professor, professor materials science New Mexico Institute Mining and Technology, Socorro, since 1990.
Foreign distinguished visiting scientist Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, 1987.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors County Public television Orgns., Los Alamos, New Mexico, 1981-1982. State chairman Libertarian Party New Mexico, 1986-1988, candidate for State Senate inDist. 22, 1992, public relations director, since 1994.
Fellow American Ceramic Society. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Civil Liberties Union (board directors New Mexico chapter since 1993), Amnesty International, American Society Metals (chairman local chapter 1969-1970), American Nuclear Society, Materials Research Society (visiting scientist 1996, bulletin subcommittee 1996-1998), Rotary (vice president, president Los Alamos chapter 1995-1997), Sports Car Club delegate Valle Rio Grande (president 1967), Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma.
Interests
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Avocations: fishing, hunting, hiking, sports cars. E-mail: [email protected].
Connections
Married Elva Adams Hyatt, Apr.2, 1968.
