John Edwin Mock

Background

Mock, John Edwin was born on September 29, 1925 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Daniel Raymond and Sarah Adella (Lorenz) Mock.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Purdue University, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy in Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, 1960; Master of Laws in Patent Law, George Washington University, 1982.

Career

Second in command Lieutenant, United States Air Force, 1943; advanced through grades lieutenant colonel, United States Air Force, 1964; program manager, Defense Atomic Support Agency, Department of Defense, Washington, 1960-1965; program manager, Advanced Research Projects Agency, Department of Defense, Washington, 1966-1968; retired, United States Air Force, 1968; director, Georgia Science and Technology Commission, Atlanta, 1968-1971; chairman, Georgia Energy Commission, Atlanta, 1971-1974; head Research and Development incentives program, National Science Foundation, Washington, 1974; senior science advisor, unites states department Energy, Washington, 1975-1980; director geothermal division, unites states department Energy, Washington, 1981-1995. Commissioner Southern Interstate Nuclear Board, Atlanta, 1968-1974. Chairman Governor's Science Advisory Council, Atlanta, 1970-1974.

Advisor study commission on offshore oil exploration President's Council on Environmental Quality, 1973-1974. Advisor National Academy Engineering, 1972-1974, Office Secretary of Defense (ARPA), 1968-1970, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1970-1972, National Science Foundation, 1968-1974, National Academy Public Administration, 1968-1971, Council State Govts., 1968-1973, Coastal Plains Regional Commission, 1968-1974, Department Interior's Outer Continental Shelf Research Management Advisory Board, 1973-1974. Visiting scientist Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1997.

Achievements

• John Edwin Mock has been listed as a noteworthy Science administrator, nuclear engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Founder, director Coastal States Organization, 1969. Founder, chairman National Governor's Council for Science and Technology, 1970, 72. Chairman Georgia Seaward Lateral Boundary Commission, Atlanta, 1968-1969.

Charter member United States.Sr. Executive Service, 1979. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Conference Advancement Research (chairman 1976), Georgia Academy of Sciences.

Member Science and Technology Council, American Management Association, Cosmos Club.

Connections

Married Jeannette Daly, October 25, 1947. Children: Donna Jean, Susan Jean.

Father:

Daniel Raymond Mock

Mother:

Sarah Adella (Lorenz) Mock

Spouse:

Jeannette Daly

child:

Donna Jean Mock

child:

Susan Jean Mock