Background
Lake, James Alan was born on December 16, 1943 in Gary, Indiana, United States. Son of James H. Lake and Margaret Dow Kulcsar.
Lake, James Alan was born on December 16, 1943 in Gary, Indiana, United States. Son of James H. Lake and Margaret Dow Kulcsar.
Bachelor, Hanover (Indiana) College, 1965. Master of Arts, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1967. Master of Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1969.
Doctor of Philosophy, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1972.
Nuclear design engineer, Westinghouse Nuclear Fuels Division, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, 1973; fellow/senior engineer, Westinghouse Advanced Reactor Division, Waltz Mill, Pennsylvania, 1973-1984; unit/branch manager, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory/Edgerton, Germeshauser, and Greer Idaho, Idaho Falls, 1984-1986; group manager, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory/Edgerton, Germeshauser, and Greer Idaho, Idaho Falls, 1986-1993; acting department manager, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory/Edgerton, Germeshauser, and Greer Idaho, Idaho Falls, 1990-1991; business element manager, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory/Edgerton, Germeshauser, and Greer Idaho, Idaho Falls, 1993-1994; director Advanced Nuc. Energy and Safety Products, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory/Lockheed, Idaho Falls, Idaho., since 1994. Member of national steering committee advisory neutron source Department Energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1992-1996, member of national advisory board boron neutron capture therapy, Idaho Falls, 1986-1991, advising committee on neutron sources, Chicago, 1992, cross section evaluation working group, Upton, New York, 1980-1984.
Chairman Planning Commission, New Stanton, Pennsylvania, 1970-1972. Chairman, co-founder Southeast Idaho Professional Society, president council, 1991. Fellow American Nuclear Society (local section National Meritorious award 1992, chair reactor physics division 1992-1993, board directors, since 1997), Idaho American Nuclear Society (chairman 1991-1992, Outstanding Section Member 1990-1991).
Married Sharon Marie Hall, January 17, 1970. Children: James David, Matthew Alan.