James Joseph Brady

Background

Brady, James Joseph was born on November 24, 1904 in Oregon City, Oregon, United States. Son of Edward Aloysius and Mary Elizabeth (Reilly) Brady.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Reed College, 1927; Master of Arts, Indiana U., 1928; Doctor of Philosophy (Whiting fellow), University of California at Berkeley, 1931.

Career

Instructor physics, St. Saint Louis University, 1932-1934; assistant professor, St. Saint Louis University, 1934-1937; assistant professor, Oregon State College, 1937-1939; associate professor, Oregon State College, 1939-1942; associate group leader radiation laboratory, Massachusetts Institute Technology, Cambridge, 1942-1946; professor, Oregon State University, Corvallis, since 1946; acting department chairman, Oregon State University, 1965-1966, 69-71. Senior physicist Navy Electronics Laboratory, San Diego, summer, 1961. Consultant Boeing Airplane Company, 1947-1949, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory University of California, 1948-1971.

Achievements

• James Joseph Brady has been listed as a noteworthy physics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Association Physics Teachers (Oregon historian since 1966), Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi. Clubs: Knights of Columbus.

Connections

Married Mary Contratto, September 3, 1932. Children: Mary Ann (Mistress Ronald Rodgers), Margaret (Mistress Howard Rhodes) (deceased 1993).

Father:

Edward Aloysius Brady

Mother:

Mary Elizabeth (Reilly) Brady

Spouse:

Mary Contratto

child:

Mary Ann Brady (Mistress Ronald Rodgers)

child:

Margaret Brady (Mistress Howard Rhodes) (deceased 1993)