Relva Chester Buchanan

Background

Buchanan, Relva Chester was born on April 10, 1936 in Port Antonio, Portland, Jamaica. Son of Stephen Eleazor and Imogene (Reid) Buchanan. came to the United States, 1958.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Alfred University, New York, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1965.

Career

Manager Glass Scientific Company Industrial Development Corporation, Kingston, Jamaica, 1956-1958. Senior research engineer International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1964-1974. Professor engineering, chair ceramics division University Illinois, Urbana, 1988-1992.

Professor, head department materials science and engineering University Cincinnati, since 1992.

Achievements

• Relva Chester Buchanan has been listed as a noteworthy engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Ceramic Society (trustee). Member Electrochemical Society, Materials Research Society.

Connections

Married Bernice Brown, January 11, 1957 (divorced 1967). 1 child, Annette Lorraine.

Father:

Stephen Eleazor Buchanan

Mother:

Imogene (Reid) Buchanan

Spouse:

Bernice Brown

child:

Annette Lorraine Buchanan