James Jackson Byrd, Senior

Background

Sr., James Jackson Byrd, was born on September 16, 1928 in Mears, Virginia, United States. Son of James Orris and Mae Alice Byrd.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, University Delaware, 1957.

Career

Project inspector State of Virginia, Oakhall, 1948-1953. Electron microscopist East.I. duPont de Nemours & Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1953-1957. Engineer, laboratory manager Radio Corporation of America, Camden, New Jersey, 1957-1963.

President, Chairman of the Board Delaware Science laboratories, Incorporated., Bear, 1964-1994.

Retired, 1994.

Achievements

• James Jackson Byrd Senior has been listed as a noteworthy scientific laboratory executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Religion

The purpose of human existence is to love, worship, and serve God in thought, word, and deed, and, grounded in this relationship with God, to love and serve others

Membership

Member of Republican Senatorial Inner Circle., Electron Microscope Society, American Security Council, United States Congressional Advisory Board.

Connections

Married Betty Owens Byrd, December 24, 1948. Children: James Junior, Eleanor Sue, Diana Lee, Robert, Patricia Anne.

Father:

James Orris

Mother:

Mae Alice Byrd

Spouse:

Betty Owens Byrd

child:

Robert Sr.

child:

James Junior Sr.

child:

Eleanor Sue Sr.

child:

Diana Lee Sr.

child:

Patricia Anne Sr.