Background
Quynn, Richard Grayson was born on January 23, 1928 in Newport News, Virginia, United States. Son of Russell Hoover and Ada Boin (Scull) Quynn.
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Richard Grayson Quynn
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Bachelor of Science, College of William and Mary, 1947; Master of Science, Institute Textile Technology, 1949; AM, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1957.
Career
Research physicist Summit (New Jersey) Research laboratories, Celanese Corporation of America, 1953-1954; senior research physicist Summit (New Jersey) Research laboratories, Celanese Corporation of America, 1957-1963; research associate, Celanese Research Company, Summit, 1963-1965; head material science section, Celanese Research Company, Summit, 1965-1970; manager material science, Burlington Industries Research Center, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1970-1972; assistant director material science, FRL An Albany International Company, Dedham, Massachusetts, 1972-1979; member technical staff, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Cork Institute of Technology), Pasadena, California, 1979; editor, High Technology Magazine, Boston, 1981; senior specialist engineer, Boeing Military Airplane Company, Wichita, Kansas, 1982-1986; research physicist, United States Army Natick (Massachusetts) Rural Delivery & Engineering Center, since 1986. Freelance consultant, Westwood, Massachusetts, 1980.
Achievements
Membership
With South Carolina., United States Army, 1955-1957. Member American Physical Society, Fiber Society (governing county 1976-1978), Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Louise Jane Michaud, November 15, 1953. Children: Jennifer Anne Quynn-Dale, Katelyn Louise.
