Background
III, James Madison Davidson, was born on February 24, 1930 in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Son of James Madison Junior and Ella Louise (Wehmeyer) D.
III, James Madison Davidson, was born on February 24, 1930 in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Son of James Madison Junior and Ella Louise (Wehmeyer) D.
Bachelor of Science, Southwest Texas State University, 1951.
Engineer, senior engineer, General Electric Company, Richland, Washington, 1951-1965; manager fast flux test facility, materials and technical department, Battelle-Pacific N.W. Laboratory, Richland, 1965-1967; senior adviser to laboratory director, Battelle-Pacific N.W. Laboratory, Richland, 1967-1972; manager office national security technical, Battelle-Pacific N.W. Laboratory, 1972-1989; staff member, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, 1989-1990; acting group leader, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, 1990-1991; group leader, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, 1992-1994; senior advisor nonproliferation and international technical, since 1994. Technical adviser Coordinating Committee on Munitions, Paris, since 1987.
Executive board Boy Scouts American, 1970-1975.
Married Geneva Upchurch, August 28, 1949. Children: Robert John, William Allen, James Brian.