Background
Sievering, Nelson Frederick was born on December 8, 1924 in Newark. Son of Nelson Frederick and Clarice Elizabeth (Taylor) Sievering.
Sievering, Nelson Frederick was born on December 8, 1924 in Newark. Son of Nelson Frederick and Clarice Elizabeth (Taylor) Sievering.
Bachelor of Engineering, Yale, 1945; Master of Science, Columbia, 1948; student, New York University Graduate School Business Administration, 1948-1951.
Research chemist, White Laboratory, Newark, 1946-1947; with, Atomic Energy Commission, 1948-1965; deputy for Euratom affairs, United States Mission to European Communities, Brussels, Belgium also Atomic Energy Commission European science representative, United States Mission to European Communities, 1959-1961; associate director advanced systems, division reactor development and technical, United States Mission to European Communities, Washington, 1961-1965; senior associate international science, technological affairs, Department State, 1965-1969; director, Office General Science Affairs, 1969-1972; deputy director, Bureau International Science and Technological Affairs, 1972-1975; assistant administrator for international affairs, Energy Research and Development Administration, 1975-1977; deputy assistant secretary for international programs, Department Energy, 1977-1978; principal consultant, International Energy Associates, Ltd., Washington, 1978-1980; deputy director general, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, 1980-1987. Member United States delegate 3d United Nations International Conference Peaceful Uses Atomic Energy, 1964. Independent consultant, Washington, since 1988.
Active local Boys Scouts American, Parent-Teachers Association. Served to Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Nuclear Society, Yale Engineering Association Gamma Delta.
Married Dorothy Rothberg, December 9, 1945. Children— Nelson Frederick III, Scott Moore, Keith Donald, Jeffrey Taylor.