James Lewis Friar

Background

Friar, James Lewis was born on June 26, 1940 in Mansfield, Ohio, United States. Son of James Harold and Mabelle Louise (Johnson) Friar.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Case Institute Technology, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1968.

Career

North Atlantic Treaty Organization fellow, European Organization of Nuclear Research, Geneva, 1967-1968; research associate, U. Washington, Seattle, 1968-1970; research associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1970-1972; assistant professor physics, Brown U., Providence, 1972-1976; staff member, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, 1976-1986; group leader, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, 1986-1989; laboratory fellow, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, since 1989.

Achievements

• James Lewis Friar has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Physical Society.

Interests

• Avocation: running.

Connections

Married Susan Sommers, September 1, 1962. Children: Anne, Robert.

Father:

James Harold Friar

Mother:

Mabelle Louise (Johnson) Friar

Spouse:

Susan Sommers

child:

Robert Friar

child:

Anne Friar