James Edgar Drummond

Background

Drummond, James Edgar was born on December 7, 1924 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of James Edgar and Blanche (Walters) Drummond.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Oregon State College, 1948; Master of Science, Stanford University, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1956.

Career

Laboratory head, technical leader, Boeing Company, Seattle, 1958-1973; director plasma engineering, Maxwell laboratories, San Diego, 1973-1977; vice president, Power Convention Technology, Inc., San Diego, 1977-1982; senior scientist, section head superintendent system, Hughes Aircraft Company, Long Beach, California, 1984-1989; co-proprietor, J.E. Drummond, Lincoln City, Oregon, 1991-1997; vice president, Magnetus, LLC, Irvine, California, since 1997. Member review team National Research Council, Gaithersburg and Boulder. Referee, science evaluatorArmy Reserve Officers, Durham, North Carolina.

Achievements

• James Edgar Drummond has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Navy, 1942-1946, PTO. Fellow American Physical Society. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior, editor Transactions Plasma Science), Pi Mu Epsilon.

Connections

Married Joy Taylor, April 29, 1950. Children: James, Stephen, Ronald.

Father:

James Edgar Drummond

Mother:

Blanche (Walters) Drummond

Spouse:

Joy Taylor

child:

James Drummond

child:

Ronald Drummond

child:

Stephen Drummond