William Robert Kimel

Background

Kimel, William Robert was born on May 2, 1922 in Cunningham, Kansas, United States. Son of Chester LeRoy and Klonda Florence (Hart) Kimel.

Education

Business Systems Modernization-Energy, Kansas State University, 1944. Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Kansas State University, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Mechanics (WARF fellow), University Wisconsin, 1956.

Career

Research associate, Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1957-1958; engineer, Boeing Airplane Company, summer 1953; engineer, Westinghouse Electric Company, summer 1954; engineer, United States Forest Products Laboratory, 1955-1956; from instructor to associate professor mechanic engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1946-1958; professor, head nuclear engineering department, 1958-1968; dean, director engineering experiment station, professor nuclear engineering, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1968-1986. Member Kansas Governor's Advisory Committee on Atomic Energy, 1961-1968, chairman, 1966-1968. Member Missouri Atomic Energy Commission, 1974-1979.

Member Argonne Nuclear Engineering Education Committee, 1959-1984, chairman, 1966-1967. Atomic Energy Commission representative United Nations Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, 1964, American Nuclear Society representative, 1971. Consultant New York Regents External Degree Program for Nuclear Technology.

Achievements

• William Robert Kimel has been listed as a noteworthy Engineering educator, university dean by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Columbia Area Industrial Development Commission, since 1970, chairman, 1973-1976. Member advisory committee to Office of Civil Defense, 1964-1970, chairman, 1969-1970. Board directors Engineering Colleges Consortium for Minorities, 1974-1980, vice president, 1974-1975.

Board directors Junior Engineering Technology Society, since 1976, chapter public relations committee chairman, 1976-1978, president, 1980-1981. Member General Public Utilities Review Committee to evaluate operator-accelerated retraining program, Three Mile Island, 1979-1980. Member task force to establish training, education and accreditation requirements for nuclear plant operators Institute Nuclear Power Operations, 1981-1982, member accreditation board, since 1982.

Member Missouri Governor's Task Force on Low-Level Radioactive Waste, 1981-1985. Fellow American Nuclear Society (chairman education development committee 1963-1966, 67-69, member executive committee for technical group education 1964-1966, member planning committee 1966-1975, chairman 1970-1974, member nominating committee 1969-1970, 72-73, chairman 79-80, executive committee education division 1968, chairman education division 1970-1971, vice chairman education division 1969-1970, director 1973-1976, 77-81, executive committee 1974-1976, 77-79, member honors and awards committee 1975-1978, engineering education and accreditation committee 1970-1976, chairman 1973, Governance award 1976, 77, 78, 79, 80, vice president and president-elect 1977-1978, president 1978-1979, member public policy committee 1979-1980, member blue ribbon committees 1976-1978, vice chairman European Nuclear Conference 1979), American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Member American Society Engineering Education (chairman nuclear engineering division 1963-1964, chairman awards policy committee 1977-1978, energy committee 1981-1984, member steering committee council of technical divisions 1964-1965, member committee on relations with Atomic Energy Commission 1964, 67—, chairman nuclear engineering brochure committee 1966-1968, engineering college's council 1975-1977), Engineers Council for Professional Development (director 1971-1977, chairman admissions committee 1973-1976, member committee to evaluate advanced level accreditation 1975-1977, executive committee 1972, program chairman 1972), National Society of Professional Engineers (student professional development committee 1973-1975, education committee 1983-1984, member legislation and government affairs committee since 1984, Educational Foundation since 1985, task force on liability since 1985, National Society of Professional Engineers award 1993), Professional Engineers in Education (chairman North Carolina region 1984-1985, vice president-elect 1985-1986), Missouri Society Professional Engineers (member education advisory board since 1968, chairman 1969-1970, 73-74, 76-78, treasurer 1978-1979, secretary 1979-1980, vice president 1981-1982, president 1983-1984, professional engineers in education representative to National Society Professional Engineers political action committee), Columbia Chamber of Commerce of C. (director since 1968, vice president economic development since 1977) Lodges: Rotary (vice president president-elect Columbia 1977-1979, president 1981-1982).

Connections

Married Mila D. Brown, August 14, 1952.

Father:

Chester LeRoy Kimel

Mother:

Klonda Florence (Hart) Kimel

Spouse:

Mila D. Brown