Background
Brittain, John Oliver was born on February 15, 1920 in Pittsburgh. Son of Joseph and Mabel (Morgan) Brittain.
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John Oliver Brittain
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Bachelor of Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1943; Doctor of Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University, 1951.
Career
Research assistant, Research laboratories, Aluminum Company of America, New Kensington, Pennsylvania, 1943-1944;
instructor metallurgy, Pennsylvania State University, 1947-1948;
principal metallurgist, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio., 1950-1951;
research associate science staff, Columbia, 1951-1955;
professor materials science department, Northwestern State University, 1955-1990;
professor emeritus, Northwestern State University, since 1990;
chairman materials science department, Northwestern University, 1968-1973;
director materials research center, Material Research Center, 1976-1979. Materials consultant Johnson Svc. Company, Milwaukee, 1964-1966, Universal Oil Products Company, Des Plaines, Illinois, 1968-1973, Amphenol Corporation, 1968, United States Air Force Materials Laboratory, 1968, Speed Fam Corporation, since 1974.
Member Accreditation Board Engineering and Technology, Inc., since 1973.
Achievements
Membership
Director Riverwood (Illinois) Residents Association, 1985-1987. First lieutenant Army of the United States, 1944-1946. Fellow American Society Metals (chairman Chicago Northern chapter 1976-1977).
Member American Association of University Professors, American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, American Physical Society, Sigma Xi, Tau BetaPi, Alpha Chi Sigma, Alpha Sigma Mu (national president 1975-1976).
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Connections
Married Lois Miller, April 20, 1945. Children: Douglas, John Oliver, Susan, Lisa.
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American
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1943
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1951