James Jr. Wallace

Background

Wallace, James Jr. was born on October 6, 1932 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States. Son of James and Mary Angela (Devaney) Wallace.

Education

Bs, United States Merchant Marine Academy, 1954. Master of Science, University Notre Dame, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, Brown University, 1963.

Career

Research engineer, Bendix Aviation, South Bend, Indiana, 1958-1959; senior staff scientist, Avco Everett (Massachusetts) Research Laboratory, 1963-1974; president, Far Field, Inc., Sudbury, Massachusetts, since 1974. Consultant Textron, Everett, 1973-1988, Army Research Office, Research Triangle, North Carolina, 1984-1987, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, 1986-1991.

Achievements

• Achievements include research in atmospheric propagation of high energy lasers. One of first to iniate nonlinear theory of atmospheric propagation (thermal blooming) and develop computational procedures for solving the problem.

Membership

Active in local politics, Sudbury, 1963-1983, church activities, Sudbury, 1963-1980. Lieutenant United States Navy, 1954-1956. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, International Society Optical Engineering (speaker 1986), Optical Society of America (speaker 1973), New York Academy of Sciences.

Connections

Married Nancy Elizabeth Vivian, June 14, 1958. Children: Patrick, Kathleen, Megan, Anne, Michael.

Father:

James Wallace

Mother:

Mary Angela (Devaney) Wallace

Spouse:

Nancy Elizabeth Vivian

child:

Anne Wallace

child:

Kathleen Wallace

child:

Megan Wallace

child:

Patrick Wallace

child:

Michael Wallace