John Donald Buchanan

Background

Buchanan, John Donald was born on October 1, 1927 in Mesa, Arizona, United States. Son of John Freeborn and Marguerite (Brimhall) Buchanan.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, U. Arizona, 1949.

Career

Senior chemist, Tracerlab, Inc., Richmond, California, 1950-1959; staff associate, General Atomic division General dynamics corporation, San Diego, 1959-1962; manager nuclear applications and measurements, Teledyne-Isotopes Company, Palo Alto, California, 1962-1971; manager applied research, International Nutronics Inc., Palo Alto, 1971-1973; supervisor radiological monitoring programs, NUS Grad. Medical School Corporation, Rockville, Maryland., 1973-1975; senior health physicist, radiochemist, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 1975-1994.

Achievements

• John Donald Buchanan has been listed as a noteworthy Health physicist, radiochemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1945-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute Chemists, Health Physics Society. Member American Nuclear Society, American Chemical Society, Society for Risk Analysis, American Academy Health Physics, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Phi Delta Theta.

Connections

Married Donna Marie Smith, August 27, 1955. Children— Margaret MacNeil, John Michael, Andrew Tierney, David Brimhall.

Father:

John Freeborn Buchanan

Mother:

Marguerite (Brimhall) Buchanan

Spouse:

Donna Marie Smith