Background
Currie, Lauchlin MacLaurin was born on August 13, 1898 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Son of Daniel Johnson and Stella Alston (Hogan) Currie.
Currie, Lauchlin MacLaurin was born on August 13, 1898 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Son of Daniel Johnson and Stella Alston (Hogan) Currie.
Bachelor, Davidson College, 1918. Doctor of Science, Davidson College, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1925.
Doctor of Science, Clarkson Institute, 1950.
With, Union Carbide Corporation, 1925-1958;
successively research chemist, plant superintendent, director vinylite division, Union Carbide Corporation, 1925-1940;
plant superintendent, Bakelite Company, 1940-1942;
vice-president, director research, National Carbon Company, 1945-1955;
vice president, Union Carbide Nuclear Company, 1955-1958;
vice president, Babcox & Wilson Company. New York City, 1958-1962;
also director, Babcox & Wilson Company
director development, Research Triangle North Carolina, 1962-1964. Chairman advising committee isotopes and radiation Atomic Energy Commission.
Associate director division war research Manhattan Engineering District, 1943-1945. Observer Bikini Bomb Tests, 1946. Delegate Organisation European Economics Conference, Nancy, France, 1954, Geneva Conference United Nations, 1955, 58, Calder Hall, London, 1956.
Chairman New York State advisory board atomic energy, 1957-1958. Chairman nuclear energy commission N.A.M., 1957-1962, also director association.
Served from 1st lieutenant to major, Army of the United States, 1942-1945. Member American Institute of Electrical Engineers, American Chemical Society, Society Chemical Industry, American Nuclear Society Atomic Industrial Forum, Engineers Joint Council, Newcomen Society, Sigma Xi, Phi Gamma Delta, Chemists Club, Rotary (New York City), Larchmont Club (New York ), Yacht Club.
Married Ethel Snyder Jopp, August 11, 1921. Children: Helen Catherine, Christian MacLaurin.