Background
McNally, James Rand was born on November 10, 1917 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James Rand and Margaret (Turley) McNally.
McNally, James Rand was born on November 10, 1917 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James Rand and Margaret (Turley) McNally.
Bachelor of Science in Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 1939; Master of Science in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1941; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1943.
Research assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1939-1944; instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1944-1948; senior physicist stable isotopes division, Union Carbide, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1948-1956; associate director stable isotopes division, Union Carbide, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1956-1958; senior physicist fusion division, Union Carbide, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1958-1982; fusion energy consultant, Oak Ridge, since 1982.
Trustee Dedham (Massachusetts) Public Library., 1946-1948. Member parish board St. Mary's Parish, Oak Ridge, 1970-1973, eucharistic minister, lector, midnight mass commentator. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Optical Society American.
Member American Physics Society.
Married Margaret Anne McKenna, November 26, 1942. Children: Randy, Peter, Mary Ellen, Francis, Therese, Michael, Peggy.