Background
Bush, Spencer Harrison was born on April 4, 1920 in Flint, Michigan, United States. Son of Edward Charles and Rachel Beatrice (Roser) Bush.
Bush, Spencer Harrison was born on April 4, 1920 in Flint, Michigan, United States. Son of Edward Charles and Rachel Beatrice (Roser) Bush.
Student, Flint Junior College, 1938-1940; student, Ohio State University, 1943-1944; student, University Michigan, 1946-1953.
Assistant chemist, Dow Chemical Company, 1940-1942, 46;
associate, Engineering Research Institute, University of Michigan, 1947-1953;
research assistant, Office Naval Research, 1950-1953;
instructor dental materials, Office Naval Research, 1951-1953;
metallurgist, Hanford Atomic Products Operation, General Electric Company, 1953-1954;
supervisor physical metallurgy, Hanford Atomic Products Operation, General Electric Company, 1954-1957;
supervisor fuels fabrication development, Hanford Atomic Products Operation, General Electric Company, 1957-1960;
metallurgical specialist, Hanford Atomic Products Operation, General Electric Company, 1960-1963;
consultant metallurgist, Hanford Atomic Products Operation, General Electric Company, 1963-1965;
consultant to director, Battelle Pacific N.W. laboratories, Richland, Washington, 1965-1970;
senior staff consultant, Battelle Pacific N.W. laboratories, Richland, Washington, 1970-1983;
senior staff scientist, Battelle Pacific N.W. laboratories, Richland, Washington, since 1985;
president, Review & Synthesis Associations, consultant, since 1983. Lecturer metallurgical engineering Center for Graduate Study U. Washington, 1953-1967, affiliate professor, 1967-1978. Chairman, member committee study group on pressure vessel materials Electric Power Research Institute, 1974-1978.
Consultant University of California Lawrence Livermore laboratories, 1975-1979, Integral Fast Reactor University of Chicago, 1984-1994;Chairman of Commission on reactor safeguards United States Atomic Energy Commission, 1971. Member Washington Board Boiler Rules, 1972-1985. Member Board Nuclear Codes and Studies, 1983- member spec.adv. committee for Argonne Nuc.
Technology Pgm., U Chicago since 1994. Chairman piping design committee Joint National Research Council/Pressure Vessel Research Council, 1982-1990, PVRC Peer Review on American Society of Mechanical Engineers Code Simplification, member steering commission on fatigue, since 1992. Member nuclear safety research review committee National Research Council, 1988-1994.
Member high level waste structural integrity panel Department Energy Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1992-1997.
Served with United States Army, 1942-1946. Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (honorary, board nuclear codes and standards 1983-2000, chairman secretary XI 1985-1990, honorary member subcommittee XI 1995, executive board Nondestructive Evaluation division 1984-1990, chairman 1987-1988, national nominating committee 1988-1990, Langer award 1983, Melvin R. Green Codes & Standards medal 1997), American Society for Microbiology (life, chairman program council 1966-1967, trustee 1967-1969, chairman fellow committee 1968, trustee foundation since 2004), American Nuclear Society (advisory editorial board nuclear applications 1965-1977, board directors 1984-1987, Thompson award 1987). Member American Institute of Mining (chairman annual seminar committee 1967-1968), American Society for Testing and Materials (Gillette lecturer 1975), American Society Nondestructive Testing (Mehl lecturer), National Academy Engineering, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Roberta Lee Warren, August 28, 1948. Children: David Spencer, Carl Edward.