Menius, Arthur C.

• 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)