Background
Walske, Max Carl was born on June 2, 1922 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Max Carl and Margaret Ella (Fowler) Walske.
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Max Carl Walske
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Bachelor of Science in Mathematics cum laude, U. Washington, 1944; Doctor of Philosophy in Theoretical Physics, Cornell Univercity, 1951.
Career
Staff, assistant theoretical division leader, Los Alamos Science Laboratory, 1951-1956;
deputy research director, Atomics International, Canoga Park, California, 1956-1959;
science representative, Atomic Energy Commission in United Kingdom, London, 1961-1962;
theoretical physicist, Research and Development Corporation, 1962-1963;
science attache, United States missions to North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Organization of European Cooperation and Development, Paris, 1963-1965;
staff member, Los Alamos Science Laboratory, 1965-1966;
assistant to secretary defense atomic energy, 1966-1973;
president, chief operating officer, Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc., Washington, 1973-1987. Chairman Department Defense Military Liaison Committee to the United States Atomic Energy Commission, 1966-1973. Member United States delegate Conference Suspension Nuclear Tests, Geneva, 1959-1961.
Chair reunion committee U. Washington, 1994-1995. Member finance committee Control Kitsap School District, 1994-1996.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman Upper Hood Canal Watershed Management Committee, since 1994. Budget steering committee Kitsap County, 1996, budget committee, 1997-1998, participant strategic planning, 1997, planning commission, since 1998. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1973-1946.
Fellow Explorers Club, American Physical Society. Member American Nuclear Society, United States Power Squadrons (commander Agate Pass squadron 1995-1996), Poulsbo Yacht Club (trustee 1996-1998), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
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Married Elsa Marjorie Nelson, December 28, 1946. Children: C. Susan, Steven C., Carol A.
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American