Background
Hammond, R. Philip was born on May 28, 1916 in Creston, Iowa, United States. Son of Robert Hugh and Helen Hammond.
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R. Philip Hammond
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Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, University of Southern California, 1938; Doctor of Philosophy in Physicians and Inorganic Chemistry (Naval Research fellow), University of Chicago, 1947.
Career
Chief chemist Lindsay Chemical Company, West Chicago, Illinois, 1938-1946. Group leader Los Alamos (New Mexico) Science Laboratory, 1947-1962, associate division leader reactor development division, 1960-1962. Director nuclear desalination program Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1962-1973.
Adjunct professor University of California at Los Angeles, 1972—1980. Head energy group Research and Development Associates Corporation, Santa Monica, California, 1973-1983. Desalination consultant, since 1987.
Leader advanced sea water evaporator design Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1989-1998.
Achievements
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Achievements include patents for improved safety for high speed rail transport, for devices for preventing collisions at sea and for storing nuclear waste. Origination of advanced concepts in sea water evaporator construction, and efficient coupling to nuclear energy sources. Design (with others) of advanced reactor containment system capable of withstanding melt-down accidents with zero leakage, and of automotive engine using liquid air and liquid natural gas as fuel.
Membership
Member of the United States delegation Conference on Peaceful Uses Atomic Energy, Geneva, Switzerland, 1955, 65, 71, International Atomic Energy Agency Panel on Desalination, Vienna, Austria,1964, 65, 66, 71. Member United States team to Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics on desalination, 1964. Member American Nuclear Society (charter), American Chemical Society, American Institute Chemical Engineers, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Lambda Upsilon.
Connections
Married Amy L. Farmer, February 28, 1941 (divorced 1969). Children: Allen L., David M., Jean Phyllis, Stanley W. Married Vivienne Fox, 1972.
