Background
Simons, Gale Gene was born on September 25, 1939 in Kingman, Kansas, United States. Son of Robert Earl and Laura V. (Swartz) Simons.
educator Nuclear and electrical engineer
Simons, Gale Gene was born on September 25, 1939 in Kingman, Kansas, United States. Son of Robert Earl and Laura V. (Swartz) Simons.
Bachelor of Science, Kansas State University, 1962; Master of Science, Kansas State University, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, Kansas State University, 1968.
Engineer, Argonne National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho., 1968-1977;
manager fast source reactor, head experimental support group, Argonne National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho., 1972-1977;
professor nuclear engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, since 1977;
associate dean for research, director research county College Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1988-1997;
board directors Research Foundation, Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1988-1997;
Presidential lecturer, Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1983096;
career counselor, Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1984-1996. Consultant to private and federal agys., since 1983. Board directors Kansas Technology EnterpriseCorp., Topeka.
Committee member Kansas Governor's Energy Policy Committee, Topeka, 1992-1997. Numerous presentations in field. Reviewer proposals federal agys.
Expert witness State of Kansas, Topeka, 1986. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Nuclear Society, Health Physics Society, American Society for Engineering Education, Masons, Rotary Club, Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Mu Epsilon.
Married Barbara Irene Rinkel, July 2, 1966. 1 child, Curtis Dean.