Background
West, John Merle was born on January 18, 1920 in Stilwell, Oklahoma, United States. Son of James M. and Maude B. (Bacon) W.
West, John Merle was born on January 18, 1920 in Stilwell, Oklahoma, United States. Son of James M. and Maude B. (Bacon) W.
Bachelor of Science in Physical Science and Mathematics with highest honors, Northeastern State University, 1939. Master of Science in Physics, University Iowa, 1941.
Physicist, supervisor, Du Pont Company, Carney's Point, New Jersey, 1941-1942; physicist, supervisor, Du Pont Company, Pryor, Oklahoma, 1942-1943; physicist, supervisor, University of Chicago Manhattan Project, 1943-1944; physicist, supervisor, Hanford Works Manhattan Project, 1944-1946; physicist, supervisor, General Electric, Hanford Works, Richland, Washington, 1946-1949; assistant director reactor engineering, project manager, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois, 1949-1957; executive vice president, General Nuclear Engineering Corporation, Dunedin, Florida, 1957-1965; vice president nuclear activities, Combustion Engineering Inc., Windsor, Connecticut, 1965-1984; senior vice president, Nuclear Combustion Engineering Inc., Windsor, Connecticut, 1984-1985. Nuclear consultant, Cape Coral, Florida, since 1985.
Fellow American Nuclear Society (charter member, Walter Zinn award 1983). Member National Academy of Engineering, Engineers Club.
Married Navlion Farmer, October 5, 1945. Children: J. Cornel, L. Clark.