Title Page | Collection Summary | History of the Collection | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1929, Jan. 15 | Born, Harrisonburg, Va. |
| 1949 | B.S., mathematics and chemistry, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Va. |
| 1954 | Ph.D, physics, Duke University, Durham, N.C. |
| 1954-1969 | Physicist and group leader, Nuclear Geophysics, Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn. |
| 1955 | Married Mary Ann Hobart |
| 1969-1973 | Director, Environmental Program, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| 1973-1974 | Director, Federal Office of Energy Conservation, Washington, D.C. |
| 1974-1979 | Director, Energy, Environment, and Resources Center, and professor of physics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn. |
| 1977-1979 | Chair, Advisory Committee, Energy and Environmental Systems Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Washington, D.C. Chair, Panel on Residential Energy Conservation Assessment |
| 1979-1993 | Director, Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| 1981 | Published with William U. Chandler Energy: The Conservation Revolution. New York: Plenum Press |
| 1991 | Awarded Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit, Federal Republic of Germany |
| 1993-1998 | Apppointed by President Bill Clinton to serve as assistant to the president for science and technology and director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Washington, D.C. |
| 1995 | Awarded Virginia Life Achievement Award in Science |
| 1997 | Published This Gifted Age: Science and Technology at the Millenium. Woodbury, N.Y.: AIP Press |
| 1998-1999 | Karl T. Compton Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1998-2015 | President, Resource Strategies, Plains, Va. |
| 1999-2000 | Senior fellow, National Academy of Engineering |
| 1999-2001 | Senior advisor, Department of State |
| 2000-2001 | President, Sigmi Xi: The Scientific Research Honor Society |
| 2001-2002 | Advisor, Shanghai CAS Shenglongda Biotech (Group) Company |
| 2003-2006 | Chair, Population Action International, Washington, D.C. |
| 2004-circa 2011 | Founding member, board of directors, Scientists and Engineers for America |
| 2007-2008 | Appointed to Virginia governor's Commission on Climate Change |
| 2015, July 17 | Died, Crozet, Va. |