Background
Brennan, James Joseph was born on April 2, 1924 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States. Son of James J. and Cynthia Anne (Straw) Brennan.
Mechanical engineering educator
Brennan, James Joseph was born on April 2, 1924 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States. Son of James J. and Cynthia Anne (Straw) Brennan.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Iowa State College, 1945. Postgraduate, Columbia University, 1952. MSIE, University Arkansas, 1963.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Texas, 1972. Postgraduate, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, 1980.
Patent examiner United States Patent Office, Washington, 1947—1948. Engineer United States Naval Supply Research and Development Facility, Bayonne, New Jersey, 1948—1953. Director industrial development Hot Springs Colorodo of C., 1954—1956.
Industrial engineer Arkansas Industrial Development Commission, Little Rock, 1956—1958. Plant engineer electrical organ division Baldwin Piano Company, Fayetteville, 1958—1960. Assistant professor industrial engineering University Arkansas, 1960—1965.
Research associate University Arkansas Medical Center, Little Rock, 1962—1964. Instructor mechanical engineering University Texas, Austin, 1966—1968. Associate professor Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, 1968—1973, professor, since 1974.
Head industrial engineering department 19Lamar University, 1979—1980. President Brennan Engineering Company, Fort Smith, Arkansas, 1960—1963, Levingston Shipbuilding Company, Orange, Texas, 1969—1973, Beaumont Refinery, Mobil Oil Corporation, 1974—1976. Served as ensign United States Navy, 1943-1946.
Member of American Society for Testing and Materials (secretary committee technical aspects product liability litigation 1981-1982, chairman statistical group 1950, member various committees), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, National Society of Professional Engineers, American Society Safety Engineers, American Institute Industrial Engineers (director Austin chapter 1967), National Safety Council, American Society Quality Control (president Sabine subsection East Texas chapter 1976), Texas Society Professional Engineers, Pi Tau Sigma, Alpha Pi Mu, Sigma Xi.
Married Lolan S. Schroeder Brennan, June 25, 1949. Children: Julia A. Brennan Davis, Cynthia A. Brennan Becker, James Joseph.