Background
Leverett, Miles Corrington was born on December 18, 1910 in Danville, Illinois, United States. Son of Warren Hamilton and Mary Joanna (Corrington) Leverett.
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Miles Corrington Leverett
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor of Science, Kansas State University, 1931. Microsoft Security Essentials., University Oklahoma, 1932. Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1938.
Career
Assistant chemist, Marathon Paper Mills, Menasha, Wisconsin, 1932-1933; assistant chemist, Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 1933-1935; with, Humble Oil and Refining Company, Houston, 1938-1942, 48-49; technical director, Manhattan Project, Oak Ridge, 1942-1948; technical director, Fairchild Engineering & Airplane Company, Oak Ridge, 1949-1951; section manager, General Electric Company, various locations, 1951-1976; consultant nuclear power, Monte Sereno, California, 1976-1994; retired, 1994.
Achievements
Politics
When peaceful alternatives have failed, the force of arms may regretfully be preferable to unchecked aggression, tyranny and genocide.
Views
Church members should be close and caring to feel each other's pains and problems. The good of the whole body of the Christian society should be put before individual needs.
Membership
Fellow American Nuclear Society (president 1960-1961). Member American Institute Chemical Engineers (Robert E. Wilson award 1976), National Academy Engineering.
Interests
Connections
Married Nancy Walker, October 18, 1938.
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Nationality
American -
Religion
Methodist -
Political Party
Republican