Background

Plodinec, M. John was born on March 29, 1946 in Kansas City, Missoury. Son of Matthew J. and Betty J. Plodinec.

Education

Bachelor, Franklin & Marshall College, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Florida, 1974.

Career

Interrogator, United States Army, Bien Hoa, Vietnam, 1971; from chemist to manager, senior research associate, DuPont, Aiken, South Carolina., 1974-1989; manager, senior advisory scientist, Westinghouse, Aiken, 1989-1997; director diagnostic instrumentation and analysis laboratory, Mississippi State University, Starkville, since 1997.

Achievements

• M. John Plodinec has been listed as a noteworthy Physical chemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Ceramic Society. Member American Chemical Society, Materials Research Society.

Connections

Married Louise N. Robinson, September 7, 1968. Children: Matthew J. III, Nicole L.

Father:

Matthew J. Plodinec

Mother:

Betty J. Plodinec

Spouse:

Louise N. Robinson

child:

Nicole L. Plodinec

child:

Matthew J. III Plodinec