Background
Elion, Herbert A. was born on October 16, 1923 in New York City. Son of Robert and Bertha (Cohen) Elion.
Elion, Herbert A. was born on October 16, 1923 in New York City. Son of Robert and Bertha (Cohen) Elion.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, City College of New York, 1945. Master of Science, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, 1949. Graduate in physics, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, 1954.
Graduate certified X-ray Microanalysis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Hamilton State University, 1973. Certified, Cambridge University, England.
Certified, University Bordeaux, France. Certified, Pennsylvania State University. Certified, Rutgers University.
Certified, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Certified, Northeastern University. Master of Arts, University California, Santa Barbara, San Francisco and Davis.
Postgraduate, College of Marin, California. Postgraduate, Revere Academy Jewelry Arts, San Francisco. Certified, MacDowell Laboratories, Aldie, Virginia.
Group leader, Radio Corporation of America, Camden, New Jersey, 1957-1959;
president, Elion Instruments, Inc., Burlington, New Jersey, 1959-1964;
associate director space science, GCA Corporation, Bedford, Massachusetts, 1965-1967;
managing director electro-optics, Arthur D. Little Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1967-1979;
president, chief Executive officer, International Communications and Energy, Inc., Framingham, Massachusetts, since 1979;
president, Aetna Telecommunications Cons., Centerville, Massachusetts, 1981-1985;
also partner, Aetna Telecommunications Cons., Hartford, Connecticut, 1981-1985;
president, chief Executive officer, International Optical Telecommunications, Mill Valley, California, 1981-1993. Co-founder Kristallchemie M & Elion GmbH, Meudt, Federal Fepublic Germany, 1961-1964. Lecturer on communications to Japanese, French, Canada, Korean and Brazilian goverments, 1970-1993.
Lecturer on optical communication to government departments in Japan, France, Canada, Korea, Brazil, 1970-1993. Consultant on data communications Executive Office of President, Washington, 1978-1979. Cons.Ministry International Trade and Industry, Tokyo, 1975-1988.
Chairman international conference European Electro-optics Conference, Heeze, The Netherlands, 1972-1978. Montana ambassador Clean Coal Energy committee, 1990-1993. International lecturer in field.
Author, editor 27 books including 11 on lightwave information networks. Co-editor: Progress in Nuclear Energy in Analytical Chemistry Series, 1964-1975. Member advisory board Photonics Magazine.Several Japanese and international world records in geothermal energy development activities in clean energy by GeoGas (R) process and clean air by elimination of methane and carbon dioxide gases and economic production of methyl alcohol from geothermal gases and economic production of methyl alcohol from geothermal gases. Development supervision in 100% high strength organically biodegradable or smokeless burning plastic. Contributor articles to professional journals.
President Elion Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey, 1960-1967. Founder Rainbow's End Camp, Ashby, Massachusetts, 1960. Elder Unitarian Church, Princeton, 1963-1964, Wellesley Society of Friends, 1970.
With United States Navy, 1944-1946. Fellow American Physical Society. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (life member, senior ), Optical Society of America, Society Photo Instrumentation Engineers, American Vacuum Society, National Security Industrial Association, Society for Nondestructive testing, American Chemical Society, Geothermal Resources Council, Sigma Xi, Epsilon Nu Gamma, United Federation of Doll Clubs.
Son of Robert and Bertha (Cohen) E. M. Sheila Thall, June 16, 1945. Children: Gary Douglas, Glenn Richard, Jonathon Lee, Maxine Yael Gold.
