Background
Coss, James Robert was born on June 3, 1936 in Newark, Ohio, United States. Son of Bert Andrew and Mary Margaret (Pickering) Coss.
Coss, James Robert was born on June 3, 1936 in Newark, Ohio, United States. Son of Bert Andrew and Mary Margaret (Pickering) Coss.
Bachelor of Science in Physics, Ohio U., 1958; Master of Arts in Geology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1980.
Physicist, Wright Air Development Center, Dayton, Ohio., 1958-1961; member technical staff, General Electric, Syracuse, New York, 1961-1962; member technical staff, Northrop Corporation, Hawthorne, California, 1962-1969; quality assurance manager, TRW Semiconductors, Lawndale, California, 1969-1970; member technical staff, Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, California, 1971-1975; geologic draftsman, McClellan Engineering, Ventura, California, 1978-1979; project geologist, Dames & Moore, Los Angeles, 1980-1981; staff geologist, Ertec Western, Inc., Long Beach, California, 1981-1982; member technical staff, TRW, Redondo Beach, California, 1982-1983; technical group leader, radiation effects, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, 1983-1995; senior member engineering staff, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, since 1995.
Fellow Institute for Advancement of Engineering, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior, vice chairman nuclear and plasma science section 1984-1985, chairman 1985-1986). Member IEEe Nuclear Plasma Sciences Society (senior).
Married Patricia Lee Schweikert, November 22, 1958 (divorced April 1976). Children: Michael Alan, DavidOwen. Married Maria Clara Marin, December 28, 1985.
