Background
Darby, Joseph Branch was born on December 12, 1925 in Petersburg, Virginia, United States. Son of Joseph Branch and Jessie Catherine (Frazier) Darby.
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Joseph Branch Darby
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Education
Bachelor of Science, College William and Mary, 1948; Bachelor of Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1951; Master of Sciences, University Illinois, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1958.
Career
Chemist, Allied Chemical Corporation, Hopewell, Virginia, 1948-1949; development engineer, Union Carbide Corporation, Niagara Falls, New York, 1951-1953; research scientist, Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1958-1986; associate director Fusion Energy Program, Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1974-1978; associate director ocean thermal energy conversion, Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1978-1984; program manager basic energy science, Office Energy Research, Department Energy,, Washington, 1986-1994; Adjunct Professor, University of Virginia School of Engineering, Charlottesville, 1995-1997; retired, 1997. Visiting senior research fellow U. Birmingham, England, 1970-1971.
Membership
Member Nominating Committee for School Board, Wheaton, Illinois, 1961-1963, for College College of DuPage Board Trustees, 1963-1965. Served with A.C. United States Marine Corps, 1944-1946. Fellow American Society for Metals (member energy council division, member nuclear metallurgy committee).
Member Metallurgical Society American Institute Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, American Society for Testing and Materials, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Federation Materials Socs. (board directors 1988-1994), Cape Cod Genealogical Society (co-president 1996-1998), Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, AlphaSigma Mu, Sigma Gamma Epsilon.
Connections
Married Eleanor Lee Daley, March 25, 1951. Children— Joseph III, John, Leslie, Peter.
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Religion
Presbyterian
Awards
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Science Research Council senior fellow, 1970-1971. Recipient Loyalty award University Illinois, Distinguished Editor award The Materials Society, 1994.Science Research Council senior fellow, 1970-1971. Recipient Loyalty award University Illinois, Distinguished Editor award The Materials Society, 1994.