Background
Nevins, James Lawrence was born on December 31, 1927 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James Lawrence Senior and Muriel (Clayton) Nevins.
Nevins, James Lawrence was born on December 31, 1927 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James Lawrence Senior and Muriel (Clayton) Nevins.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Northeastern University, 1952. Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1956.
Staff member, division director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Instrumentation Laboratory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1952-1973;
division director, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., Cambridge, 1973-1989;
independent consultant, since 1989. Consultant various companies. Consultant Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, since 1990.
Consultant, adjunct staff Institute Defense Analysis, Alexandria, Virginia, since 1992.
Served with Signal corpus, United States army, 1946-1947. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, International Federation Automatic Control (Best Paper award 1981).
Married Mabel Alice Rose, July 10, 1948. Children: James Gary, Steven Michael, Paul Allen.