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Appendix A
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PANEL MEMBERS
JAMES BOYD received a B.S. degree in engineering and economics (1927)
from the California Institute of Technology and a M.S. degree in
geophysics (1932) and a D.Sc. degree in geology (1934) from the Colorado
School of Mines. He worked as a field engineer for the Radiore Company
(1927-1929) and then served the Colorado School of Mines, first as
instructor, then as associate professor (1929-1941), and finally as dean
of the faculty (1946-1947). He also served as the Army's representative
on the Program Adjustment Committee of the War Production Board
(1941-1945) and as special assistant for mineral matters to the Secretary
of Interior (1947). He subsequently was director of the U. S. Bureau of
Mines, (1947-1951), vice president of exploration of Kinnecott Copper
(1951-1960), and president (1960-1970) and chairman of Copper Range
Company (1971). He has served on a number of government committees,
boards, and commissions and is a member of the National Academy of
Engineering. His expertise is in mining engineering, mineral economics,
geophysic s e
WALTER L ~ FINLAY received a B ~ S . degree in chemical eng ineering
(1936) from Lehigh University and M.S. (1947) and D.Eng. (1948) degrees
from Yale University. He worked on chemical and metallurgical research
at Remington Arms Company (1939-1951) and was vice president of research
at Re~Cru Titanium, Inc. (1951-1958), director of research at Crucible
Steel Company of America (1958-1962), and vice president of research and
development at Copper Range Company (1962-1977 ) e He has served on
several government committees and was chairman of the National Materials
Advisory Board (1967-1968) . His expertise is in small arms ballistics,
steels, refractory metals, copper and titanium.
ROBERT I. JAFFEE received a 8.S. degree in chemical engineering
(1939) from the Illinois Institute of Technology, a S.M. degree in
metallurgy (1940) from Harvard University, and a Ph.D. degree in chemical
engineering (1943) from the University of Maryland. He worked as
research metallurgist at the Leeds and Northrup Company (1942-1943) and
at the University of California (1944~. At Battelle Columbus
Laboratories, he served in various capacities and finally as chief
material scientist (1943-1975). He now is senior technical advisor of
the E1 ec tri c Power Re search Inst i Cute in Palo Alto, Calif ornia . He has
served on numerous government study groups and was a consultant to the
President's Science Advisory Committee, chairman of the NASA Advisory
Committee on Materials, and a member of the Materials and Structures
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Committee's Panel on Magnetohydrodynamics for the Office of Science and
Technology. He also has been a member of the National Materials Advisory
Board and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. His areas
of specialization are physical metallurgy of titanium and refractory
metals, oxidation of superalloys and refractory metals, and corrosion of
t i~canium.
ELBERT M. MAHLA received B.S. (1938), M.S. (1939), and Ph.D. (1941)
degrees in metallurgy from Lehigh University. He worked with E.I. du
Pont de Nemours and Company from 1941 until his retirement in 1981. He
served first as research metallurgist and then moved through numerous
engineering management positions to his retirement position of
engineering manager of the Berg Electronics Division. His expertise
covers the areas of physical metallurgy, theoretical corrosion of
stainless steel, stress analysis, mechanical properties of metals,
refractory and reactive metals, and welding.
NATHAN E. PROMISEL received B.S. (1929) and M.S. (1930) degrees in
electrochemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an
honorary D.Eng. degree (1978) from Michigan Technological University. He
served as an electrochemist and assistant technical director at
International Silver Company (1930-1940), chief materials scientist in
the Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics (1941-1959), and chief materials
engineer of the Naval Air Systems Command, Bureau of Naval Weapons
(1959-1966). He then served as executive director of the National
Materials Advisory Board (1966-1974) and is a member of the National
Academy of Engineering. He has served on numerous government,
university, and professional committees and boards including NASA,
NATO, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, US/USSR
Science Exchange Program, Congressional Office of Technology Assessment.
His areas of expertise include materials science engineering and
processes for aerospace and underwater vehicle applications; behavior of
materials in earth, space, and ocean environments and materials problems
involving the disciplines of chemistry, electrochemistry, and
metallurgy. He currently serves as an international consultant on
materials problems ~ policies ~ and planning e
JOE B. ROSE NBAUM received an E.Met. degree (1934) from the Colorado
School of Mines. He then worked as an engineer with the Public Works
Administration (1934-1938) and as a metallurgist with the Walker Mining
Company (1939-1941). With the U.S. But au of Mines he was supervisory
metallurgist at laboratories in Nevada and Utah (1941-1962), chief
metallurgist and director of metallurgy research in Washington, D.C.
(1962-1967), and research director of the Salt Lake City Metallurgy
Research Center (1967-1974). He retired from the Bureau in 1975 but
continues work as a consulting metallurgist for government and industry.
He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. His field of
expertise includes programming and management of research in minerals and
metals processing and utilization.
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RICHARD A. WOOD received a B.S. degree in geology (1952) from the
Ohio State University. He then joined Battelle Columbus Laboratories
where he has worked for 30 years on titanium metallurgy research.
Currently, he is Battelle's principal research scientist in the physical
metallurgy section. In conjunction with his titanium research, he has
served as titanium specialist with the Metals and Ceramics Information
Center and was on the 1969 MAB Panel on Usage of Titanium and Its
Compounds with Comments on Scrap and Sponge. In 1972 he prepared a
Titanium Alloys Handbook as a primary reference for DOD and commercial
titanium users. His continued research on titanium was used to prepare
handbooks and repo rt s f or several government age nc ies and industrial
Organizations. They contained mainly information on industry problems
and the availability and utilization of titanium. His broad metals and
materials expertise includes alloy development, processing, properties
evaluation, application assessments, and failure analyses relevant to a
range of materials with specialization in titanium metallurgy.
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