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Williams, Thomas Ffrancon was born on January 30, 1928 in Colwyn Bay, Wales. Son of David and Margaret (Williams) Williams. came to the United States, 1961.
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Thomas Ffrancon Williams, American Chemist, educator. Atomic Energy Commission, Energy Research and Development Administration, Department Energy grantee, since 1962. Member American Chemical Society (program chairman of the section 1968-1969, Executive Committee 1986-1988), British Chemical Society, Radiation Research Society, Phi Beta Kappa (honorary), Sigma Xi (president U. Tennessee chapter 1993-1994).
Education
Bachelor of Science, University College, London, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, U. London, 1960.
Career
Science officer, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Harwell, England, 1949-1955;
senior science officer, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, 1955-1961;
principal science officer, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, 1961;
research scientist, Illinois Institute Technology Research Institute, Chicago, 1961;
assistant professor of chemistry, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1961-1963;
associate professor, U. Tennessee, 1963-1967;
professor, U. Tennessee, since 1967;
Alumni Distinguished Service professor, U. Tennessee, since 1974. Teaching and research associate Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1957-1958. National Science Foundation visiting scientist Kyoto (Japan) U., 1965-1966.
Coordinator United States-Japan Science Seminary, Hakone, Japan, 1969. Chairman Gordon Research Conference on Radiation Chemistry, New Hampton, N.H., 1971, Gordon Research Conference Radical Ions, Wolfeboro, N.H., 1984. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellow, Swedish Research Council Laboratory, Studsvik, Nykoping, 1972-1973.
Visiting scientist Royal Institute Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, 1972-1973. Chairman 10th Southeastern MagneticResonance Conference, 1978. Member chemistry division review committee Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1988, 91, 95.
Consultant Pacific N.W. National Laboratory, 1996-1997.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Chemical Society (program chairman of the section 1968-1969, Executive Committee 1986-1988), British Chemical Society, Radiation Research Society, Phi Beta Kappa (honorary), Sigma Xi (president U. Tennessee chapter 1993-1994).
Connections
Married Astra Silvia Birins, January 31,1959. Children: Ifor Rainis, Gwyn David.
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American