Background
Bray, John Leighton was born on August 11, 1890 in Millbridge, Maine, United States. Son of Charles Ambergh and Vinetta (Cook) Bray.
Bray, John Leighton was born on August 11, 1890 in Millbridge, Maine, United States. Son of Charles Ambergh and Vinetta (Cook) Bray.
Bachelor of Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1912, Doctor of Philosophy, 1930.
Metallurgist, Braden Copper Company, Rancagua, Chile, 1912-1915, Consolidated Mining & Smelting Company, Trail, British Columbia, 1915-1916, Black-butte (Oregon) Quicksilver Company, 1916-1917, New York & Honduras Mining Company, Honduras, Central America, 1918-1920. Professor metallurgy, Nova Scoti Technology College, 1920-1921. Metallurgist for United States Tariff Commission, 1921-1923.
Professor metallurgy, Purdue University, West. Lafayette, Indiana, since 1947, head School Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, 1935-1947, professor metallurgical engineering since 1947.
Served as major, Ordnance Department, United States Army, World War I. Member American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, Society of Metals, American Chemical Society, American Institute Chemical Engineers, Electrochemical Society, Institute of Metals (England), Society for Promotion Engrng. Education, Scabbard and Blade, Sigma Psi, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Lambda Chi Alpha, Omega Chi Epsilon.
Married Jean Shaw, August 23, 1925. Children: Barbara Vilora, John Leighton.