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Dunlap, George Wesley was born on April 13, 1911 in Gardnerville, Nevada, United States. Son of Fred Sherwin and Rhoda (Early) Dunlap.
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George Wesley Dunlap, American Electrical engineer. Registered profile engineer. Recipient Harris J. Ryan High Voltage Research fellowship, 1932-1935; Alfred Noble prize, 1943. Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (life); member American Physical Society, American Nuclear Society, New York StateSoc. Professional Engineers, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Stanford, 1931; Electrical Engineer, Stanford, 1933; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford, 1936.
Career
With, General Electric Company, Schenectady, 1935-1976;
student engineer, General Electric Company, 1935-1936;
electrical engineer high voltage and impulse section, General Engineering Laboratory, 1936-1945;
assistant division engineer high voltage and nucleonics division, General Engineering & Cons. Laboratory, 1945-1951;
division engineer, General Engineering & Cons. Laboratory, 1951-1953;
manager instrument and nuclear radiation engineering services, General Engineering & Cons.
Laboratory, 1953-1955;
manager engineering physics and analysis laboratory, General Engineering & Cons. Laboratory, 1955-1961;
senior engineer, General Engineering & Cons. Laboratory, 1961-1966;
construction engineering, Research and Development Center, 1966-1976.
Private consultant, 1976-1986. Visiting Webster professor electrical engineering Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1955-1956.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (life). Member American Physical Society, American Nuclear Society, New York StateSoc. Professional Engineers, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.
Connections
Married Alice Catherine Lloyd, March 2, 1935 (deceased November 1966). Children— Barbara Rae, George Wesley, John Frederick, James Lloyd. Married Maude Harnden Gray, April 20, 1968.
Stepson, Christopher G. Gray.
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Died
February 6, 1986 (aged 74) -
Resting place
Albany, New Zealand -
Nationality
American