Background
King, Lionel Detlev Percival was born on December 29, 1906 in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James Percival and Edith Marianne (Swyerlen) King.
King, Lionel Detlev Percival was born on December 29, 1906 in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James Percival and Edith Marianne (Swyerlen) King.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, U. Rochester, 1930; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, University of Wisconsin, 1937.
Assistant in physics, U. Rochester, New York, 1930-1931;
assistant in physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1931-1933;
assistant in physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1935-1937;
instructor physics, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, 1937-1942;
fellow, United States Corps of Engineers, 1942-1943;
group leader, Los Alamos (New Mexico) Science Laboratory, 1943-1957;
assistant division leader, Los Alamos (New Mexico) Science Laboratory, 1958-1959;
chairman rover flight safety, Los Alamos (New Mexico) Science Laboratory, 1960-1969;
research advisor, Los Alamos (New Mexico) Science Laboratory, 1969-1973;
retired, Los Alamos (New Mexico) Science Laboratory, 1973. Lecturer Atoms for Peace Conference, Geneva, 1955, United States technical director, 1958. Advisor United States delegate to United Nations, 1958.
Consultant Los Alamos Science Laboratory, 1973-1978.
Active Oppenheimer Memorial Committee, since 1969 (chairman 1974-1976). Chairman, treasurer and secretary El Cajon Grande Tesuque Ditch Association, 1975-1979, mayordomo, since 1979. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Nuclear Society (chairman progressive committee 1954-1957, honors and awards committee 1954-1957, board directors 1954-1959), American Physical Society, Sigma Xi.
Married Edith Marie Bork, December 25, 1925 (deceased 1969). Children: Nicholas S.P., Lidian B.L. Married Jacqueline Cyzmoure, January 1, 1970 (deceased 1973).
Married Edna Johnson, April 22, 1974 (deceased 1977). Married Elizabeth Lewis Sprang, April 30, 1978 (deceased 1993).