Lynn Allen Boatner

Background

Boatner, Lynn Allen was born on August 3, 1938 in Clarksville, Texas, United States. Son of Fred Leroi and Nila Allen Boatner.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Texas Tech U., 1960; Master of Science, Texas Tech U., 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, 1966.

Career

With, Ling-Temco-Vought Research Center, Dallas, 1966-1974; with, Ecole Polytechnic Federal de Lausanne (Switzerland), 1975-1977; group leader solid state division, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, 1977-1987; section head solid state division, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, since 1987; corporation fellow, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, since 1993. General chairman editor procs. workshop Alternate Nuclear Waste Forms and Interactions in Geologic Media, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, 1980. Co-chairman program committee Eighth American Conference on Crystal Growth, Vail, Colorado.

Achievements

• Lynn Allen Boatner has been listed as a noteworthy Research physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Past vice president, board directors Association for Retarded Citizens, Anderson County, Tennessee. Past treasurer, member Oak Ridge Sertoma Club. Past Chairman of Commission on communication and events parents county University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee.

President David Swain Memorial Scholarship Committee. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, American Society for Microbiology International (Francis F. Lucas award 1988). Member American Association for Crystal Growth (member Executive Committee 1987, chairman workshop on crystal growth of high Tc superconducting materials at conference 1987), American Ceramic Society, Mineral Society American, Materials Research Society (secretary 1992-1993, chairperson membership committee 1989, general chairman meeting 1982), International Metallographic Society (Pierre Jacquet Gold Medal award 1988).

Connections

Married Martha Alice Goodwin, September 6, 1961. Children: Mark Jesse, Ivan Aaron, Philip Gordon.

Father:

Fred Leroi

Mother:

Nila Allen Boatner

Spouse:

Martha Alice Goodwin

child:

Philip Gordon Boatner

child:

Ivan Aaron Boatner

child:

Mark Jesse Boatner