Background
Kinsey, James Lloyd was born on October 15, 1934 in Paris, Texas, United States. Son of Lloyd King and Elaine Mills Kinsey.
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James Lloyd Kinsey
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Bachelor of Arts, Rice U., 1956; Doctor of Philosophy, Rice U., 1959; National Science Foundation fellow, U. Uppsala, Sweden, 1959-1960; postdoctoral fellow, University of California, Berkeley, 1960-1962.
Career
Assistant professor department chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1962-1967;
associate professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967-1974;
professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974-1988;
department chairman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977-1982;
Daughters of the Revolution Bullard-Welch Foundation professor science, Rice U., Houston, since 1988;
dean natural science, 1988-1998;
interim provost, Rice U., Houston, 1993-1994. Consultant Los Alamos National laboratories, external review committee chemistry and laser science division, 1983-1989. Miller research fellow, 1960-1962.
Member NAS-National Research Council Board Chemical Sciences, 1980-1983, co-chairman, 1981-1983. Member steering committee United States Army Basic Science Research-National Research Council, 1981-1986. Member oversight review committee chemistry division, National Science Foundation, 1989.
Member visiting committee for division chemistry and chemical engineering California Institute Technology, since 1999. Member committee of chemistry facilities and infrastructure University of California-Berkeley, 1992-1993. Member corporations visiting committee for department.chemistry Massachusetts Institute of Technology, since 1994.
Visiting committee for chemistry Stanford University, 1993-1996.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society (Executive Committee division chemical physics 1985-1988), American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member NAS, American Chemical Society (chairman division physical chemistry 1985, Nobel Laureate Signature award for graduate education 1990), Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Berma McDowell, July 28, 1962. Children: Victoria, Samuel, Adam.
