John Wayne Boring

Background

Boring, John Wayne was born on October 9, 1929 in Reidsville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Robert Lee and Eunice Violet (Clapp) Boring.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Kentucky, 1952; Master of Sciences, University Kentucky, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, University Kentucky, 1961.

Career

Ordnance engineer, United States Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren, Virginia, 1951-1952; development engineer, Atomic Energy Commission, Oak Ridge, 1953; research assistant, Los Alamos Science Laboratory, 1955; senior scientist, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1960-1967; professor engineering physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1971-1991; professor emeritus, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, since 1991; assistant director Center for Advanced Studies, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1968-1972. Visiting professor U. Aarhus, Denmark, 1974-1975. Consultant International Commision on Radiation Units, Kentucky.

Achievements

• John Wayne Boring has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Physical Society, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma.

Connections

Married Ethel Belle Watts, August 17, 1957. Children: Rebecca, Pamela, Judith.

Father:

Robert Lee Boring

Mother:

Eunice Violet (Clapp) Boring

Spouse:

Ethel Belle Watts

child:

Pamela Boring

child:

Rebecca Boring

child:

Judith Boring