Background
Watson, James Elwyn was born on January 10, 1938 in Lumberton, North Carolina, United States. Son of James E. and Louise (Quantock) Watson.
Watson, James Elwyn was born on January 10, 1938 in Lumberton, North Carolina, United States. Son of James E. and Louise (Quantock) Watson.
Bachelor of Science, North Carolina State University, 1960; Master of Science, North Carolina State University, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, U. North Carolina, 1970.
Nuclear engineer, United States Army, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland., 1964-1967; health physicist, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, 1967; branch chief, Tennessee Valley Authority, Muscle Shoals, Alabama, 1970-1974; professor health physics, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1974. Chairman North Carolina Radiation Protection Commission, 1982-1983. Member NAS Panel, 1991-1992.
First lieutenant Ordnance corpus, United States army, 1962-1964. Fellow Health Physics Society (president 1985-1986). Member APHA (chairman radiological health section 1985), United States Environmental Protection Agency (science advisory board since 1991), Sigma Xi (national lecturer 1991-1992), Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Pi Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi.