Background
Tyree, Sheppard Young was born on July 4, 1920 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Sheppard Young and Rosa Dove (Burton) Tyree.
Tyree, Sheppard Young was born on July 4, 1920 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Sheppard Young and Rosa Dove (Burton) Tyree.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1946.
Instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1943-1946;
assistant professor, then associate professor, U. North Carolina, 1946-1958;
science officer, Office Naval Research, 1954-1955;
professor, U. North Carolina, 1958-1966;
liaison scientist, Office Naval Research, London, 1965-1966;
professor of chemistry, College William and Mary, 1966-1984;
head department, College William and Mary, 1968-1973. Research chemist Oak Ridge National Laboratory, summer 1949. Lecturer, operator Morehead Planetarium, 1951-1952.
General college adviser U. North Carolina, 1956-1958. Director 4th Summer Institute College Chemistry Teachers, 1957. Visiting professor U. P.R., summer 1963.
Chemical consultant to private industry, government agys. Chairman Gordon Research Congress Inorganic Chemistry, 1957, member committee, 1955-1956, 61, 67;lecturer National Science Foundation Summer Institute, 1956-1968. Member board Inorganic syntheses, Inc., 1957-1973, secretary-treasurer, 1968-1972.
Chairman Council Oak Ridge Associate Universities, 1973-1976, board directors, 1973-1979. Consultant Titanium Alloy Manufacturing Company, 1953-1961, Climax Molybdenum Company, 1957-1962, Chemistry Division United States Naval Research Laboratory, 1967-1972, Vulcan Materials Company, 1969-1973, The Gillette Company, 1973-1983,The National Pk. Svc., 1974, Edison Elec.
Institute, 1981-1982, Chemical & Metal Industries Inc., 1981-1987.
Panel member North Atlantic Treaty Organization postdoctoral fellowships, 1967-1970. Technical advising committee Virginia State Air Polution Control Board, 1981-1987. Active local Boy Scouts American Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1942.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Virginia Academy Science, American Chemical Society (tour speaker 1959,61, 64, 77, visiting scientist 1958-1963, chairman North Carolina section 1960, councillor 1963-1966, examinations committee, chairman subcommittee Inorganic Chemistry 1957-1962, college chemistry consultant service, 1968-1975d), National Science Foundation (visiting lecturer), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi (president U. North Carolina chapter 1964-1965), Alpha Chi Sigma, Phi GammaDelta (purple legionnaire 1943-1945, 63-65).
Married Barbara Doris Jones, June 5, 1943. Children: Susan Scott, Pamela Fore, Peter Burton, SallyBlair, Rebecca Young.