Background
Smith, John Edwin was born on June 14, 1924 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Son of Wilburn J. and Banna Dale (Oastwalt).
Nuclear engineering plant executive
Smith, John Edwin was born on June 14, 1924 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Son of Wilburn J. and Banna Dale (Oastwalt).
Bachelor Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1949. Master Nuclear Engineering, University South Carolina School Reactor Technology, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1961.
Test man Buck Steam Station, Duke Power Company, Spencer, North Carolina, 1949-1950; test man Dan River Steam Station, Duke Power Company, Draper, North Carolina, 1950-1951; shift supervisor, assistant plant manager Lee Steam Station, Duke Power Company, Pelzer, South Carolina., 1951-1955; plant engineer Cliffside (North Carolina) Steam Station, Duke Power Company, 1955-1960; station manager Oconee Nuclear Station, Duke Power Company, Seneca, South Carolina., 1968-1984; assistant to vice president nuclear production, Duke Power Company, Charlotte, 1984-1986; shift supervisor, operations engineer plant supervisor, Carolinas-Virginia Tube Reactor, Parr, South Carolina., 1961-1967; president, J. Ed's Nuclear Svc. Corporation, Central, South Carolina., 1986-1992. Consultant safety review board Duke Power Company, Charlotte, 1986-1992, company nuclearrev. board Davis Besse Nuclear Plant, Port Clinton, Ohio, 1986-1992, nuclear safety advisory board Riverbend Nuclear Station, St. Lawrenceville, Louisiana, 1986-1992.
President Pickens County Habitat for Humanity, Clemson, South Carolina., 1986-1989. With United States Army, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations, PTO. Member American Nuclear Society, Rotary (president Clemson club 1976), Men's Fellowship Club (Clemson).
Son of Wilburn J. and Banna Dale (Oastwalt) S.;m. Mary Elizabeth Shelton, August 16, 1947. Children: Shelley Hobson, Dale Henslee, Jed.