James Donald Callen

Background

Callen, James Donald was born on January 31, 1941 in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Son of Donald Dewitt and Bonnie Jean (Walton) Callen.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering, Kansas State University, 1962; Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering, Kansas State University, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy in Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1968.

Career

Postdoctoral fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1968-1969; assistant professor aerospace and astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1969-1972; member research staff fusion energy division, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, 1972-1974; group leader, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, 1974-1975; head plasma theory section, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, 1975-1979; professor nuclear engineering and physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1979-1986; D.W. Kerst professor nuclear engineering and engineering physics, and physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, since 1986.

Achievements

• James Donald Callen has been listed as a noteworthy Nuclear engineer, plasma physicist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Physical Society (chairman division plasma physics 1986), American Nuclear Society. Member National Academy of Engineering, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Connections

Married Judith Carolyn Chinn, August 26, 1961. Children: Jeffrey Scott, Sandra Jean.

Father:

Donald Dewitt Callen

Mother:

Bonnie Jean (Walton) Callen

Spouse:

Judith Carolyn Chinn

child:

Sandra Jean Callen

child:

Jeffrey Scott Callen