Background
Kerr, William was born on August 19, 1919 in Sawyer, Kansas, United States. Son of William and Maria Louise (Gill) Kerr.
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William Kerr
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Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University Tennessee, 1942. Master of Science, University Tennessee, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1954.
Career
Instructor, then assistant professor, U. Tennessee, 1942-1944, 46-48;
member of faculty, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, since 1948;
professor nuclear engineering, University of Michigan, since 1958;
department chairman, University of Michigan, 1961-1974;
acting director Michigan Memorial-Phoenix Project, University of Michigan, 1961-1965;
director, University of Michigan, 1965-1989;
director Office Energy Research, University of Michigan, 1977-1987;
project supervisor Agency for International Development Nuclear Energy Project, University of Michigan, 1956-1965. Consultant Atomic Power Development Associations, 1954-1961, Argonne National Laboratory, Colorado Commision on Higher Education. Chairman nuclear engineering education committee Association Midwest Universities, 1961-1962, president, 1966-1967, board directors, 1965-1967.
Trustee Argonne Universities Association, 1965-1971. Advising committee reactor safeguards Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 1972-1992.
Membership
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Nuclear Society, Sigma Xi, Eta Kappa Nu, Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi.
Connections
Married Ruth Duncan, April 28, 1945. Children: William Duncan, John Gill, Scott Winston.
