Roddis, Louis H. (Louis Harry), 1918-

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Specialist in energy issues. Roddis died in 1991.

From the description of Louis H. Roddis Papers, 1823-1990. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 49980503

Captain Louis Harry Roddis, 1886-, served as a surgeon in the U.S. Navy from 1913 until his retirement in 1950. He was primarily interested in tropical medicine. Roddis also wrote Edward Jenner and the discovery of the smallpox vaccination (1930), William Withering: the introduction of digitalis into medical practice (1936), Short history of nautical medicine (1941), and James Lind, founder of nautical medicine (1950).

From the guide to the James Lind, his place in medical history / Louis Harry Roddis, 1953, (History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine) 1918, Sept. 9 Born in Charleston, S.C. 1935 1939 Received B.S. from U. S. Naval Academy 1939 1955 Officer on Active Duty in the United States Navy 1942 1944 Received M.S. in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1946 1947 Attended Post-Doctorate Level Classified Training Course in Nuclear Reactors, Clinton Laboratories of the Manhattan Engineering District, now Oak Ridge National Laboratory 1946 1947 Worked at Project Officer in the Navy Nuclear Program for the Development of the Nuclear Power submarines, the Nautilus and the Sea Wolf 1947 1955 Assisted Nuclear Reactor Design U.S.S. Nautilus, Department of Navy 1955 1958 Deputy Director of Division of Reactor Development, Atomic Energy Commission 1957 Director of Nuclear Activities at the General Public Utilities Organization (later Service Company and the GPU Nuclear Corporation) 1958 1967 President and CEO of Pennsylvania Electric Company, Subsidiary of General Public Utilities (GPU), Johnstown, Pa. 1959 1969 Board Chairman, CEO, and Director of the Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corporation, a Subsidiary of GPU 1967 1969 Chairman of Pennsylvania Electric Company, Director of Nuclear Power Activities at General Public Utilities Corporation, New York City 1969 1973 President of Consolidated Edison 1973 1974 Vice Chairman of Consolidated Edison 1974 1975 Worked as Consultant to the Adminstrator of the U. S. Federal Energy Administration 1975 1976 President and CEO of John J. McMullen Associates 1976 Private Consulting Engineer 1991, Sept. 15 Died, Charleston, S.C. From the guide to the Louis H. (Louis Harry) Roddis Papers, 1823-1990, (Repository Unknown)

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