Joseph James Devaney

Background

Devaney, Joseph James was born on April 29, 1924 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph Patrick and Madeline Elinor (Darragh) Devaney.

Education

Student, Texas Tech U., 1943-1944; student, United States Coast Guard Academy, 1944-1945; Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1950.

Career

Research assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1942, 46-48; staff physicist, Los Alamos National Laboratory, since 1950. Adjunct Professor mathematics U. New Mexico, Los Alamos, 1956-1959, Adjunct Professor physics, 1959-1979.

Achievements

• Joseph James Devaney has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Advisory Governor's policy board on pollution, State of New Mexico, 1969-1970. Member County and State Center Committee, Los Alamos and Santa Fe, 1953-1971. Co-founder Anti-Smog Federation New Mexico, 1967, patrolman National Ski Patrol, 1953-1982, water safety and first aid instructor American Red Cross, Los Alamos, 1952-1979.

Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1944. Served with United States Coast Guard, 1944-1945. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, American Nuclear Society, Los Alamos Ski Club (skipatrol leader 1962-1963Z), Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Marjorie Ann Jones, September 9, 1954. 1 child, Kathleen.

Father:

Joseph Patrick Devaney

Mother:

Madeline Elinor (Darragh) Devaney

Spouse:

Marjorie Ann Jones

child:

Kathleen Devaney