Background
Beall, James Howard was born on May 12, 1945 in Grantsville, West Virginia, United States. Son of Judson Harmon and Mary Lenore (Burns) Beall.
educator physicist public policy analyst
Beall, James Howard was born on May 12, 1945 in Grantsville, West Virginia, United States. Son of Judson Harmon and Mary Lenore (Burns) Beall.
Bachelor of Arts Physics cum laude, U. Colorado, 1972. Master of Sciences, University Maryland., 1975, Doctor of Philosophy, 1979. Astrophysicist, Goddard Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Greenbelt, Maryland., 1975-1978.
Congressional Fellow United States Congress Office Technology Assessment, Washington, 1978-1979.
Project scientist science and analysis division BKD, Rockville, Maryland., 1979-1981. National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council resident research associate Naval Research Laboratory, Washington,1981-1983.
Member of faculty Saint John"s College, 1983. Senior consultant East. O. Hulburt Center Space Research Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, 1983. member science and engineering advisory board High Frontier, Arlington, Virginia, 1991.
Professor space science, computational science, and informatics George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, 1992.
Board directors CPW Technologies, Incorporated., Tucson. Project administrator black oral history project Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, 1981. Moderator Library. of Congress Symposium, 1981.
Director education Environmental Action Committee, Denver, 1971-1972.
Board directors Partridgeberry School, Greenbelt, 1977-1978. Poets-in-the Schools participant Virginia Public Schools, since 1975.Served in United States Air Force, 1963-1967.
National Endowment for Humanities grantee, 1976, 78. National Science Foundation grantee, 1991, 95.
Recipient Teaching Excellence award University Maryland., 1974-1975.
Moderator Library; Director education Environmental Writers Council, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Sigma Pi Sigma. Made first prediction of inverse compton x-ray emission from supernovae, first prediction of detectable infrared and optical emission from accretion disks around black holes, first detection of a ringof x-ray light around the earth"s equator.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, American Astronomical Society, Cosmos.
Married Mary RuthClance. Children: Aaron James, Tara Siobhan.