Background
Jones, Walter Harrison was born on September 21, 1922 in Griffin, Saskatchewan, Canada. Son of ArthurFrederick and Mildred Tracy (Walter) Jones.
Jones, Walter Harrison was born on September 21, 1922 in Griffin, Saskatchewan, Canada. Son of ArthurFrederick and Mildred Tracy (Walter) Jones.
Bachelor of Science with honors, University of California at Los Angeles, 1944,Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, 1948.
1981, remarried 1994). Research chemist Department Agriculture, 1948-1951, Los Alamos Science Laboratory, 1951-1954. Senior research engineer North America Aviation, 1954-1956.
Manager chemistry department Ford Motor Company, 1956-1960.
Senior staff and program manager, chairman JANAF-ARPA-National Aeronautics and Space Administration Thermochem. panel Institute Defense Analyses, 1960-1963. Head propulsion department Aerospace Corporation, 1963-1964.
Senior scientist, head advanced technical Hughes Aircraft Company, 1964-1968. Professor aerospace systems, director Corpus Christi Center, U. West Florida, Pensacola, 1969-1975, professor of chemistry, 1975-1995.
Visiting research chemist University of California at Los Angeles, 1994.
Visiting professor U. Toronto, 1979, 92, U. Queensland 1998. Consultant private, federal and state agencies.
Member Governor"s Task Force on Energy, Regional Energy Action Committee, Florida State Energy Office, advising committee Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council. Fellow American Society for Engineering Education/Office of Naval Research, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, American Institute Chemists. Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Association of University Professors, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Astronomical Society (propulsion committee), American Chemical Society (chairman Pensacola section), New York Academy Sciences, American Physical Society, International Solar Energy Society, Combustion Institute World Association Theoretical Organic Chemists, American Ordnance Association, Air Force Association, Philosophical Society Washington, Pensacola Chamber of Commerce, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi (president local chapter), Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Lambda Upsilon (secretary local chapter), Alpha Mu Gamma, Alpha Chi Sigma (president local chapter).
Married Marion Claire Twomey, October 25, 1959 (dec.Jan.