Background
Smathers, James Burton was born on August 26, 1935 in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, United States. Son of James Levi and Irma Marie (Stindt) Smathers.
Smathers, James Burton was born on August 26, 1935 in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, United States. Son of James Levi and Irma Marie (Stindt) Smathers.
B.Nuclear Enging., North Carolina State College, 1957; Master of Science, North Carolina State College, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, University Maryland., 1967.
Research engineer, Atomics International, Canoga Park, California, 1959; Research engineer, Walter Reed Army Institute Research, Washington, 1961-1967; professor nuclear engineering, Texas A. and M. U., College Station, 1967-1980; professor, head bioengineering, Texas A. and M. U., 1976-1980; professor, head medical physics, department radiation oncology, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1980. Consultant United States Army, Department Energy, also private.
Served with United States Army, 1959-1961. Member American Nuclear Society, Health Physics Society, American Association Physcists in Medicine, American Society Engineering Education (Outstanding Teacher award in nuclear engineering division 1972), Radiation Research Society, National Society Professional Engineers, California Society Professional Engineers, Sigma Xi, Sigma Pi Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Sylvia Lee Rath, April 20, 1957. Children— Kristine Kay, Kathryn Ann, James Scott, Ernest Kent.