Background
Nix, James Rayford was born on February 18, 1938 in Natchitoches, Louisiana, United States. Son of Joe Ebbin and Edna (Guin) Nix.
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James Rayford Nix
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Bachelor of Science in Physics, Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, University of California-Berkeley, 1964. Summer physicist Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, 1961.
Researchasst.
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California, 1961-1964, postdoctoral physicist, 1966-1968. North Atlantic Treaty Organization postdoctoral fellow Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1964-1965. Staff member Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1968-1977, 89-94, group leader, 1977-1989, fellow, 1994-1998, science consultant, 1998.
Vis.prof.
Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1974. Consultant California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1976, 79. Chairman GordonResearch Conference Nuclear Chemistry, New London, New Hampshire, 1976.
Chairman physics division advising committee Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1976, 97, chairman nuclear science division visiting committee Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 1979-1980.
Career
Scientist award University Munich and Max-Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, 1980-1981.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Physical Society (Executive Committee 1973-1975). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Connections
Married Sally Ann Wood, August 19, 1961. Children: Patricia Lynne, David Allen.
