Background
RODDIS, Louis was born on September 9, 1918 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Son of the late Louis H. Roddis and of Winifred Stiles Roddis.
naval officer consulting engineer
RODDIS, Louis was born on September 9, 1918 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Son of the late Louis H. Roddis and of Winifred Stiles Roddis.
Bachelor of Science, United States Naval Academy, 1939; Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1944.
Commissioned ensign, United States Navy, 1939;
advanced through grades to captain, United States Navy, 1957;
various assignments, sea duty, 1939-1941;
various assignments, sea duty, Pearl Harbor, 1941;
assigned Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 1944;
staff of commander Joint Task Force I, atomic weapons tests, Bikini, 1946;
assigned Clinton laboratories, Manhattan Engineering District (now Oak Ridge National Laboratory), 1946;
staff bureau ships Department Navy, Washington
staff bureau ships, nuclear ship propulsion program Atomic Energy Commission, assisted nuclear reactor design United States Ship Nautilus, Department Navy, 1947-1955;
deputy director division reactor development, Atomic Energy Commission, 1955-1958;
president, director, Pennsylvania Electric Company, Johnstown, 1958-1967;
chairman, Pennsylvania Electric Company, Johnstown, 1967-1969;
director nuclear power activities, General Public Utilities Corporation, New York City, 1967-1969;
vice chairman Consolidated, Edison Company New York, 1969, 73-74;
president, Edison Company New York, 1969-1973, also trustee;
president, chief Executive officer, John Jay McMullen Associates, Inc., New York City, 1975-1976;
associate company, Panero-Tizian Associates, Inc., 1975-1976;
construction engineering, from 1976. Board directors Detroit Edison Company, Inc. Member President's Advisory Council on EnergyRsch. and Development, 1973-1975.
Consultant unites states department State Disarmament Commission, 1960-1961, United States Maritime Administration, 1959-1962. Chairman maritime research advising committee National Academy Sciences-National Research Council, 1958-1960. Member Governor's Committee of 100 for Better Education, 1962-1964, Governor's Council Science & Technology, 1963-1965, Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority, 1961-1968.
President Atomic Industrial Forum, 1962-1964. Advising committee Rockefeller U., 1972-1986. Member energy research advisory board Department Energy, 1978-1985, chairman.
Board of directors Mercy Hospital, Johnstown, 1959-1967, Metal Properties Council, 1970-1974. Fellow Royal Institution Naval Architects. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Fellowship award), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Nuclear Society (president 1969-1970, Fellowship award 1970), Society Naval Engineers, American Society Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, National Academy Engineering, National Society Professional Engineers, American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers, New York Chamber of Commerce, Newcomen Society North America, Edison Electric Association (director) 1969-1973), Human Factor Society, Am.Gas Association (director) 1973-1974), Commerce and Industry Association New York (director 1969-1974), Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Alice Stets Gamer in 1964.