James Richard McCord III

Background

III, James Richard McCord was born on September 2, 1932 in Norristown, Georgia, United States. Son of Zachariah Thigpen Houser Junior and Neilie Mae (Sumner) McC.

Education

Student, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Tifton, Georgia, 1949-1950; Butyrylcholinesterase with honors, Georgia Institute Technology, 1955; postgraduate, U. Pittsburgh, 1955-1956; postgraduate, Carnegie Institute Technology, 1956-1957; Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy in Math, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1961.

Career

Assistant chemical engineer, Tennessee Valley Authority, Wilson Dam, Alabama, 1951-1954; associate engineer, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1955-1957; research assistant operations research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1957-1959; teaching assistant department mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1959-1961; research associate department mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1961-1962; assistant professor, postdoctoral fellow department chemical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1962-1964; senior engineer, project analyst, Esso Research and Engineering Company, Florham Park, New Jersey, 1964-1968; assistant professor, Emory University, Atlanta, 1968-1971; private practice mathematics consultant, Atlanta, 1971-1980; instructor in mathematics, Georgia Southern College, Statesboro, 1980-1981; inventory control, Lovett & Tharpe, Inc., Dublin, Georgia, 1981-1984.

Works

• Other Work

  • Contributor numerous articles to science and mathematics journals.

Politics

Working in partnership with different Christian denominations allows influencing public policy more effectively.

Views

Some personalities are difficult to manage, especially if they are prone to despair. Do not give up on a search of the paths of God, and the sense of joy and assurances you are looking for will be received.

Membership

WEBELOS den leader Boy Scouts American, Dunwoody, Georgia, 1969-1970. Member, vol.worker Key Memorial Foundation, Adrian-Norristown, Georgia, since 1965. Member AIChE, Georgia Technology Alumni Association, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Association, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.

Interests

• Avocations: music, fishing, gardening, mathematical puzzles.

Connections

Married Louise France Manning, October 1956 (divorced 1974). Children: Neil Alexander, Stuart James, Valerie France, Kent Richard.

Father:

Zachariah Thigpen Houser McC. Junior

Mother:

Neilie Mae (Sumner) McC.

Spouse:

Louise France Manning

child:

Neil Alexander III

child:

Stuart James III

child:

Valerie France III

child:

Kent Richard III