Background
Buchan, Ronald Lee was born on November 13, 1940 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Son of Burton F. and Norma (Luebke) Buchan.
Buchan, Ronald Lee was born on November 13, 1940 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Son of Burton F. and Norma (Luebke) Buchan.
Bachelor, Concordia College, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1962. Master of Library Science, Pratt Institute, 1966.
Library, Concordia College, Bronxville, New York, 1962-1966; library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1966-1969; library, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Wallops Flight Center, Wallops Island, Virginia, 1969-1979; lexicographer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Science and Technology Information Facility, Baltimore Washington Airport, Maryland., 1981-1985; lexicographer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Center AeroSpace Information/Rated Maximum Sinusoidal Associations, Linthicum, Maryland., since 1985.
Member American Society for Testing and Materials (terminology committee), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (committee on space structures terminology), International Organization for Standardization (member aerospace committee, terminology committee), American Society Information Science, Special Libraries Association, Library. Company Philadelphia, Virginia Place Name Society (board directors 1969-1972, National Information Standards Organization, Kiwanis (past chapter president).
Married Carol Barbara Dahlgren, April 14, 1963. Children: Heather, Geoffrey.