James Rufus Stevenson

Background

Stevenson, James Rufus was born on May 19, 1925 in Trenton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Eugene Hendrix and Helen (MacElree) Stevenson.

Education

Student, Arkansas Technology, 1946-1947; student, Louisiana State University, 1947-1948; Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, University Missouri, 1957.

Career

Associate professor, School Physics, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1962-1968; professor, director, School Physics, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1968-1979; acting vice president academic affairs, School Physics, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1979-1981; executive assistant to president, School Physics, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1981-1988; president, chief Executive officer, Ionic Atlanta Inc., 1988-1991; educational consultant, writer, since 1991. Visiting professor Fulbright-Hays Program, U. Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, 1965-1966. North Atlantic Treaty Organization senior fellow to Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany, 1972.

Consultant United States Naval Research Laboratory. Member National Conference on the AdvancementRsch. Conference Committee, 1985-1989.

With United States Army Air Force, 1944-1946.

Achievements

• James Rufus Stevenson has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with United States Army Air Force, 1944-1946. Member American Physical Society, Optical Society American, American Association Physics Teachers, American Society Engineering Education (chairman physics division 1974-1976), Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Mu Epsilon, Gamma Alpha.

Connections

Married Adelyn Portice Stegall, June 14, 1955. Children: Alicia Love, Maryhelen, Jana Lyn.

Father:

Eugene Hendrix Stevenson

Mother:

Helen (MacElree) Stevenson

Spouse:

Adelyn Portice Stegall

child:

Alicia Love Stevenson

child:

Maryhelen Stevenson

child:

Jana Lyn Stevenson