George W. A. Milne

Background

George W. A. Milne was born on May 1, 1937 in Stockport, United Kingdom. Son of Ernest and Jessie Winifred (Howard) Milne.

Education

He received from Victoria University of Manchester a B.Sc. (with honors) in 1957, then an M.Sc. in 1958 and a Ph.D. in 1960. He was postdoctoral fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1960-1962.

Career

He was also visiting fellow and visiting associate at Laboratory of Chemistry at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD from 1962 to 1965. He was also national judge Westinghouse Science Talent Search from 1965 to 1976. Since 1967 he was an adjunct professor at Georgetown University. Later, Milne was research chemist at National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute from 1965 until 1981, and at the National Cancer Institute since 1981. Then he was chairperson of the Washington Mass Spectrometry Discussion Croup from 1969 to 1971. In 1980-1981 he was president of the NHLBI Assembly of Scientists. Then he worked as chief of Information Technology Branch, Developmental Therapeutics Program at the Division of Cancer Treatment from 1981 to 1988. Thereafter he worked as research chemist of the Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry since 1988. Then he was president of Interassembly Council of Assemblies of Scientists in 1981-1983. Milne worked for the American Chemical Society as an editor since 1989. Besides, he was consultant to the National Bureau of Standards.

Achievements

• He received Travel grant from Wellcome Foundation in 1960. He also got grants for the Soviet Union from the National Academy of Sciences in 1968 and 1970.

Works

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• book

  • Mass Spectrometry: Techniques and Applications
  • CRC Handbook of Pesticides

Membership

He was a member of the American Chemical Society (chair, Division of Computers in Chemistry, 1990-1992; a member of council, since 1992), American Society for Mass Spectrometry and American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Interests

• Sailing, skiing, carpentry, reading

Connections

He married Adell Browning on July 29, 1967, but they divorced in 1983. Then he married Madlyn Kay Skilling on February 17, 1984. Milne has 4 children: Robert W., Andrew K., Joanne L., Jennifer B.

Father:

Ernest Milne

Mother:

Jessie Winifred (Howard) Milne

child:

Robert W. Milne

child:

Andrew K. Milne

child:

Joanne L. Milne

child:

Jennifer B. Milne

first spouse:

Adell Browning

Milne married Adell Browning on July 29, 1967, but they divorced in 1983.

second spouse:

Madlyn Kay Skilling