Background
Blair, John was born on December 5, 1929 in Budapest, Hungary. Came to United States, 1950, naturalized, 1955. Son of Eugene I. and Helen (Benedek) Blair.
Blair, John was born on December 5, 1929 in Budapest, Hungary. Came to United States, 1950, naturalized, 1955. Son of Eugene I. and Helen (Benedek) Blair.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Doctor of Science Institute of Technology.
With Pacific Semiconductors/Ramo-Wooldridge, Culver City, California, 1955—1957. Electrical engineering faculty Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1957-1966. Director corporation research Raytheon Company, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1966-1994.
President JBX Technologies, Incorporated, Wayland, since 1994. Member energy Research and Development and national progress The White House, 1961. Member Army Science Board, Department Army, Washington, 1978-1984, 86-90, 97-2005.
Representative Industrial Research Institute, 1977-1994, emeritus, since 1994. Member advisory board College Engineering, University Illinois, Urbana, 1986-2004. Member dean's advisory council College Engineering, University Massachusetts, Amherst, 1978-1994.
Member visiting committee School Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, 1991-1998. Member advisory board Center for Intelligent Controls, Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Harvard University-Brown University, 1987-1994. Member industry and university government committee University California, Berkeley, 1970-1974, chairman, 1974.
Member visiting committee on electrical engineering and computer science Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970-1973, member visiting committee on ocean engineering, 1991-1995, lecturer ocean engineering, 1995-1998. External review committee Materials Science, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1995-1999, chairman, 1999. Advisory committee Center for Engineering Science Advanced Research, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1996-2002.
Advisor Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, 1998-2001. Member council on energy engineering research Department Energy, 1999-2002.
State industry advisory council Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sea Grant College Program, since 1970, member National Sea Grant Review Panel, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Department Commerce, 1979-1985. Member Cosmos Club.
Married Constance Smith Drown, September 10, 1955. Children: David E., Jennifer C.