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Margerum, John David was born on October 20, 1929 in St. Louis. Son of Donald Cameron and Ida Lee (Nunley) Margerum.
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John David Margerum
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John David Margerum, American Chemist. Recipient Holley medal American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1977. Served with United States Army, 1955-1957. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science; member American Chemical Society, Electrochemical Society, Society Information Display, Inter-American Photochem. Society, International Liquid Crystal Society, Sigma Xi.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, S.E. Missouri State College, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1956.
Career
Research chemist, Shell Oil Corporation, Wood River, Illinois, 1954-1955; chief spectoscopy section, United States Army QMR&E Center, Natick, Massachusetts, 1957-1959; research specialist, Sundstrand Corporation, Pacoima, California, 1959-1962; with, Hughes Research laboratories, Malibu, California, since 1962; senior scientist, head chemistry section, Hughes Research laboratories, Malibu, California, since 1967; head material science section, Hughes Research laboratories, Malibu, California, since 1988; assistant department manager exploratory studies department, Hughes Research laboratories, Malibu, California, since 1989; manager department materials science, laboratory chief scientist, Hughes Research laboratories, Malibu, California, since 1991; principal research scientist, since 1993; manager department batteries polymer sensors, principal research scientist, HRL laboratories, Malibu, since 1997.
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Membership
Served with United States Army, 1955-1957. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Chemical Society, Electrochemical Society, Society Information Display, Inter-American Photochem.
Society, International Liquid Crystal Society, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Virginia Bolen, June 5,1954. Children: John Steven, Kris Alan, Julie Ellen.
