Background
Kirn, Frederick Shelly was born on April 17, 1922 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. Son of Fred W. and Edna S. (Shelly) Kirn.
Kirn, Frederick Shelly was born on April 17, 1922 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. Son of Fred W. and Edna S. (Shelly) Kirn.
Bachelor, North Center College, Naperville, Illinois, 1944; Master of Arts, University of Illinois, 1948.
Research assistant, Armour Research Foundation, Chicago, 1944-1945; physicist, National Bureau Standards, Washington, 1949-1954; senior scientist, Argonne National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho., 1954-1988; retired, 1988.
With United States Army, 1945-1947. Fellow American Nuclear Society.
Married June R. Hoffsommer, June 19, 1948. Children: Frederick C., Douglas I., Deborah S., Rebekah S.