Background
Dicks, John Barber was born on March 10, 1926 in Natchez, Mississippi, United States. Son of John Barber and Pauline (Merrill) Dicks.
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John Barber Dicks
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Bachelor of Science, University South, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, 1955.
Career
Association professor, Tennessee Technological U., Cookeville, 1953-1954;
assistant professor, associate professor, University of South, Sewanee, Tennessee, 1954-1964;
professor physics, U. Tennessee Space Institute, Tullahoma, since 1964;
Alumni distinguished professor, U. Tennessee Space Institute, Tullahoma, since 1972;
chief scientist, U. Tennessee Space Institute, Tullahoma, 1982-1987;
director energy conversion division, U. Tennessee Space Institute, Tullahoma, 1967-1982. President Applied Energetics, Inc., since 1967. Chairman steering committee Symposium on Engineering Aspects of Magnetohydrodynamics, 1971.
President Tennessee Energy Institute, since 1980. Chairman Engineering and Chemical Disposal Inc., since 1990.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (chairman energetics division 1972-1973, chairman synthetic fuels committee 1981-1990, board directors 1985-1990, chairman emerging energy technical symposium Energy Technology Conference Exhibition 1989-1990, chairman technical planning committee 1986-1990,board government relations and council on public affairs 1985-1990, chairman petroleum division Executive Committee 1987-1990, chairman energy sources technical conference and exhibition 1986-1987). Associate fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate editor journal). Member United States Energy Association (board directors, member executive com.1986-1990, member commission on energy state of union message 1987), American Physical Society, American Association of University Professors (Tennessee state chairman 1962-1964), Sigma Xi, Sigma Pi Sigma. M C.
Connections
Married Eleanor Ann Burdeshaw, January 5, 1973. Children: Pauline, Dunbar. Children by previous marriage— Ian, Ayers Merrill, Agnes, Josephine.
