Menius, Arthur C.

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Birth 1916
Death 1996

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1916 Born April 30 in Salisbury, North Carolina 1937 Graduated from Catawba College 1942 Received Ph.D. in physics from University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill 1942 1944 Instructor and assistant professor of physics, Clemson College 1945 1946 Senior Physicist and Head of Battery Group of Proximity Fuse Project, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory 1946 Married Lucille Clark Varner 1949 Arrived at North Carolina State College to teach in Physics Department 1950 1951 Consultant on nuclear aircraft to Sverdrup and Parcel 1950 1956 Involved in the design, implementation, and operation of the first non-government nuclear reactor in the United States on the North Carolina State College campus 1951 1953 Consultant on reactor design to Propulsion Monsanto Chemical 1953 1955 Graduate administrator of Physics Department, North Carolina State College 1954 1956 Consultant on reactor design to Babcock and Wilcox and American Machine and Foundry 1955 1956 Assistant to Dean of Engineering, School of Engineering, North Carolina State College 1955 1957 Director, Summer Institute on Nuclear Energy for Industry 1956 Appointed head of Physics Department, North Carolina State College 1956 1974 Consultant on lasers, missiles, and instrumentation to United States Army Missile Command 1957 1959 Consultant to United States Atomic Energy Commission 1957 1961 Member, Board of Directors, Aeronautical Electronics, Inc. 1958 1960 Director, ASEE-Atomic Energy Commission Summer Institute in Basic Nuclear Engineering 1959 Awarded Alumni Cup at Catawba College 1960 Appointed first Dean of the School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, North Carolina State College 1962 1968 Consultant on range development to Pan American Airways 1962 1969 North Carolina State University Council Representative, Oak Ridge Associated Universities 1962 1972 Consultant to Industrial Nucleonics Corporation 1964 1968 Member, Board of Directors, Adams-Millis Company 1968 1969 Vice-Chairman, Oak Ridge Associated Universities Council 1968 1975 Consultant to Frankford Arsenal 1969 Received honorary Doctor of Science degree from Catawba College 1972 Member, Board of Directors, Research Triangle Institute 1981 Retired from North Carolina State University 1996 Died October 13, in Raleigh, North Carolina

From the guide to the A. C. Menius, Jr. Papers, 1946-1965, (Special Collections Research Center)

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