Background
Davis, Willard Kenneth was born on July 26, 1918 in Seattle, Washington, United States.
management and engineering consultant
Davis, Willard Kenneth was born on July 26, 1918 in Seattle, Washington, United States.
Student, University California, Berkeley, 1936—1938. Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1940. Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1942.
Assistant director Buffalo station Massachusetts Institute of Technology School Chemical Engineering Practice, 1941-1942. Senior research engineer California Research Corporation, 1942-1947. Senior engineer Ford, Bacon & Davis, Inc., 1947-1949.
Associate professor engineering University of California at Los Angeles, 1949-1953, professor engineering, 1953, Regents' lecturer, 1961, 77-78, adjunct professor engineering and applied science, 1980-1981, 83-86. Chief development engineer California Research and Development Company, 1951-1952, manager research, 1952-1954. Assistant director reactor development division Atomic Energy Commission, 1954, deputy director, 1954, director, 1955-1958.
Vice president Bechtel Corporation, San Francisco, 1958-1972, vice president international power division, 1967-1971, vice president power and industrial division, 1971-1972. Vice president Bechtel Nuclear Corporation, 1958-1980, Bechtel Power Corporation, 1973-1981. Deputy secretary energy Department Energy, Washington, 1981-1983.
Director Management Analysis Company, since 1983. Member advisory board Naval Ordnance Test Station, Inyokern, California, 1955-1960. Director Atomic Industrial Forum, 1960-1967, vice president, 1962-1964, president, chairman, 1964-1967, honorary director, 1967-1981, 83-87.
Member committee on radioactive waste management National Research Council, 1968-1978, board energy studies, 1974-1977, governor board, 1978-1981, energy engineering board, 1974-1981. Chairman supply panel, committee on nuclear and alternate energy sources. Member board, executive committee United States National Committee World Energy Conference, vice chairman, 1972-1974, 80-83, chairman 1983-1987, chairman programme committee, since 1986, 1983-1987.
Advisory committee on science and foreign policy to secretary state, 1973-1975. Member technical advisory board Panel on Project Independence, Department Commerce, 1974-1975. Advisory panel on nuclear engineering National Science Foundation, 1975.
Member corporation development committee Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973-1981, energy advisory laboratory board, 1975-1981, visiting committee department civil engineering, 1976-1981, department chemical engineering, 1980-1981.
Executive vice president Point Reyes National Seashore Foundation. Fellow American Nuclear Society (director 1957-1960 Walter H. Zinn award), American Institute Chemical Engineering (chairman nuclear engineering division 1958, director 1972-1974, chairman energy committee 1973-1975, president 1981 Founders award), American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Chemical Society, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, National Academy Engineering, (director 1972-1981, vice president 1978-1981, executive committee 1973-1977, chairman task force on energy 1973-1974), American Society Engineering Education, American Society for Testing and Materials (director 1980-1981, chairman research and technical planning committee 1976-1979), British Nuclear Energy Society, Association Cooperative in Engineering (chairman energy coordinating committee 1974-1975, vice chairman 1978-1979), American Nuclear Energy Council (honorary director 1983), Atlantic Council of the United States (director since 1984), Sigma Xi, Chi Phi, Tau Beta Pi.
Clubs: World Trade; Commonwealth (San Francisco). Sierra (California); Cosmos (Washington).
Son of Elbert Willard and Alice Marie (Kingman) D. M. Margaret Ellen Bean, June 14, 1941. Children: Kerry Suzanne, Warren Kenneth, Gail Marie Greene.