Background
Rudee, Mervyn Lea was born on October 4, 1935 in Palo Alto, California, United States. Son of Mervyn C. and Hannah (Mathews) Rudee.
researcher engineering educator
Rudee, Mervyn Lea was born on October 4, 1935 in Palo Alto, California, United States. Son of Mervyn C. and Hannah (Mathews) Rudee.
Bachelor of Science, Stanford University, 1958; Master of Science, Stanford University, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1965.
Assistant professor materials science, Rice U., Houston, 1964-1968;
associate professor, Rice U., Houston, 1968-1972;
professor materials science, Rice U., Houston, 1972-1974;
professor, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, since 1974;
founding provost Warren College, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, 1974-1982;
founding dean School Engineering, University California San Diego, La Jolla, 1982-1993;
coordinator graduate program on materials science, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, since 1994;
interim dean engineering, University of California, Riverside, 1995-1997. Visiting scholar Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, England, 1971-1972. Chief Financial Officer, principal University Planning Associations, Inc.
Visiting scientist International Business Machines Corporation Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, 1987.
President, board of trustees Museum Photographic Art, San Diego, 1995-1996. Trustee The Burnham Institute, since 1998. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1958-1961.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Microscopy Society American, Materials Research Society, American Physics Society, Texas Society Electron Microscopy (honorary, president 1966), Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Elizabeth Eager, June 20, 1958. Children: Elizabeth Diane, David Benjamin.