John Alexander McBride

Background

McBride, John Alexander was born on March 29, 1918 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Raymond E. and Carolyn (Tinker) Molecular and Cellular Biology.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1940; Master of Science, Ohio State University, 1941; Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1944.

Career

Various positions in research and development department, Phillips Petroleum Company, 1944-1958, 59-65; director chemical technical, Phillips Petroleum Company (Atomic energy division), 1963-1965; chief applications engineering, Astrodyne, Inc., 1958-1959; director division materials licensing, Atomic Energy Commission, 1965-1970; vice president, E.R. Johnson Associations, Inc., Fairfax, Virginia, 1970-1992; assistant general manager, Nuclear Chemicals & Metals Corporation, 1970-1971. Adviser United States delegate 3d International Conference Peaceful Uses Atomic Energy, 1964.

Achievements

• John Alexander McBride has been listed as a noteworthy chemical engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member AIChE (chairman nuclear engineering division 1986, Robert E. Wilson award 1991), American Chemical Society, Alpha Chi Sigma, Phi Kappa Tau.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Anne Vogel, August 28, 1942. Children: Katherine M. Harris, Susan McBride Malick, Carolyn McBride Nafziger.

Father:

Raymond E. Molecular

Mother:

Carolyn (Tinker) Molecular

Spouse:

Elizabeth Anne Vogel

child:

Susan McBride Malick McBride

child:

Carolyn McBride Nafziger McBride

child:

Katherine M. Harris McBride