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DAVID C. WHITE
Pages 323-328

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From page 324...
... CONNORS SUBMITTED BY THE NAE HOME SECRETARY DAVID CALVIN WHITE, a leader of multidisciplinary energy research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and founding director of the MIT Energy Laboratory, died on January 11, 2012, at the age of 89. David was born in Sunnyside, Washington, on February 18, 1922, and grew up in the Pacific Northwest.
From page 325...
... David handed over the directorship of the Energy Lab to Jefferson Tester in 1988 but remained involved until his retirement in 1992. In 2006 the lab, by then renamed the Laboratory for Energy and Environment, became part of the campuswide MIT Energy Initiative, established by MIT President Susan Hockfield and directed by Professor Ernest Moniz, the current US Secretary of Energy.
From page 326...
... In addition to his membership in the National Academy of Engineering, he was a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a member of the American Society for Engineering Education and honorary societies Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, and Eta Kappa Nu. He served in a number of professional capacities during his career: he was a trustee for the Lowell Technological Institute (1972–1974)
From page 327...
... He was predeceased by daughter Julie Ann Coman and his first wife, Glorianna Guilii White. He is also survived by his sister, Eloise W


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