Background
Postma, Herman was born on March 29, 1933 in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States. Son of Gilbert and Sophia Postma.
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Herman Postma
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Bachelor of Science summa cum laude, Duke U., 1955; Master of Science, Harvard University, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1959.
Career
Summer staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1954-1957;
physicist thermonuclear division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1959-1962;
co-leader DCX-1 group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1962-1966;
assistant director thermonuclear division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1966;
associate director division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1967;
director division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1967-1973;
director national laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, from 1974;
vice president, Martin Marietta, 1984-1988;
senior vice president, Martin Marietta, 1988-1991. Visiting scientist Failover Manager-Institute for Plasma Physics, The Netherlands, 1963. Consultant Laboratory Laser Energetics, U. Rochester.
Member energy research advisory board special panel Department Energy. Board directors Nashville branch Federal Reserve Bank Atlanta, International Correspondence Schools Corporation, PAI Corporation, ORAS, Inc., Allmeds, M4 Corporation, application-specific integrated circuit Corporation, Dryken Corporation.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors The Nucleus. Chairman of the board of trustees Hospital of Methodist Church. Member of advisory board College Business Administration, U. Tennessee, 1976-1984, Energy Institute, State of North Carolina.
Board directors, Executive Committee Tennessee Technology Foundation, 1982-1988, Venture Capital Fund. Vice chairman, commissioner Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 1984-1992. Trustee Duke U., 1987-1999, Pellissippi State College, 1991-1998.
Chairman Meth.Hosp. Foundation, 1990. President East Tennessee Economics Council, 1998. Member of advisory board Institute Public Policy Vanderbilt University, 1986-1988, conference chairman 1987.
Fellow American Physical Society (Executive Committee division plasma physics), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Nuclear Society (director, chair East Tennessee economics county since 1997). Member Chamber of Commerce (vice president 1981-1983, chairman 1987), Industrial Research Institute, Gas Research Institute (advisory board 1986-1988), Oak Ridge Rotary (president 1996-1997), Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Gamma Sigma, Sigma Pi Sigma, Omicron Delta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Eta Sigma.
Connections
Married Patricia Dunigan, November 25, 1960. Children: Peter, Pamela.
