Background
Cochran, Ronald Waylon was born on October 5, 1941 in Union City, Tennessee, United States. Son of Waylon Graden and Linnie E. (Andrews) Cochran.
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Ronald Waylon Cochran
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Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical Engineering, University Tennessee, 1964; Master of Science in Metallurgical Engineering, Ohio State University, 1966.
Career
Student engineer, DuPont Corporation, Aiken, South Carolina., 1960-1963; research associate, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1966-1969; technical program manager, Atomic Energy Commission, Washington and Idaho Falls, Idaho., 1969-1975; program director, United States Energy Research and Development Administration, Washington, 1975-1977; director project management and field operations Office of Secretary, Department Energy, Washington, 1977-1981; director nuclear materials Defense program, Department Energy, Washington, 1981-1984; deputy assistant secretary nuclear materials Defense program, Department Energy, Washington, 1984-1986; deputy manager Albuquerque operations office, Department Energy, 1986-1987; special assistant to Secretary of Energy, Department Energy, 1988; director new production reactors program, Department Energy, Department Energy, 1988-1989; consultant, Department Energy, since 1989; deputy associate director Laser Program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 1989-1991; laboratory Executive officer, chief of staff, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, since 1991.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Nuclear Society, American Society for Metals, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Gwendolyn Rae Owen, June 12, 1966 (divorced July 1978). Married Ann Cochran Heywood, January 25, 1980;1 child, Gwendolyn.
