Background
Browning, William Elgar was born on October 1, 1923 in Warren, Ohio, United States. Son of William Elgar and Selina (Clark) Browning.
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William Elgar Browning
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Bachelor in Chemistry, Ohio State University, 1943.
Career
Chemist U-235 purification group, United States Army Manhattan Engineering District, Los Alamos, 1943-1946;
group leader chemical effects radiation, Fairchild Engine and Aircraft Corporation, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1947-1951;
group leader, California Research and Development Corporation, Livermore, 1951-1953;
group leader, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1953-1968, 71-73;
science coordinator nuclear safety research program, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1966-1969;
guest scientist Organization of European Cooperation and Development High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor Project Organization of European Cooperation and Development, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Winfrith, Dorset, England, 1969-1970;
corporation manager environmental impact analysis, Cabot Corporation, Boston, 1973-1986;
corporation manager toxic substances control, Cabot Corporation, Boston, 1976-1986;
consultant on health effects and environmental effects industrial chemicals,, Boston, since 1986. President High Nickel Alloys Health and Safety Group, Boston, 1975-1984. Referee Nuclear Technology Journal, since 1973.
Judge New England Regional Science Fair, Somerville, Massachusetts, since 1975.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman, secretary Kingston (Tennessee) Regional Planning Commission, 1959-1964. Fellow American Institute Chemists. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, American Nuclear Society, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Alice Cornuelle, June 6, 1944 (deceased July 1982). Children: Arthur William, Susan Carol, Carl Douglas, Kenneth Robert. Married Ellen Mary Nash, May 18, 1985.
