Background
Phillips, James Alfred was born on May 17, 1919 in Johannesburg. Arrived in United States, 1935. Son of Ray Edmund and Dora Amanda (Larson) Phillips.
Phillips, James Alfred was born on May 17, 1919 in Johannesburg. Arrived in United States, 1935. Son of Ray Edmund and Dora Amanda (Larson) Phillips.
Bachelor of Science, Carleton College, 1942. Master of Science, University Illinois, 1943. Doctor of Philosophy, 1949.
Member staff Tennessee Eastman Corporation, Oak Ridge, 1944—1945. Research assistant University Illinois, Urbana, 1945—1949. Staff group leader Los Alamos Science Laboratory, 1949—1975.
Fellow, since 1982
Head physics section International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 1975—1979. Visiting staff member Culham Plasma Physics Laboratory, England, 1964—1965.
Fellow: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Member: American Physical Society (secretary-treasurer plasma physics division 1960-1964, secretary Southwest & mountain states sections 1972-1974, chairman 1967).
Married Marilyn Virginia Hopkins, August 14, 1948. Children: Raymond Bruce, Margaret Ann, Kathryn Amanda.