Bryan, Jim. B
Country: United States
Metrology Pioneer and a proponent of “Deterministic Approach in Metrology and Manufacturing”
Jim served in the US Merchant Marine from 1944-1950 as a licensed Second Assistant Engineer Steam Vessels, Any Horsepower, Any Ocean, and Third Assistant Engineer Diesel Vessels, Any Horsepower, Any Ocean. He was Honorably Discharged from the US Coast Guard in 1945 with battle ribbons for action in Iwo Jima and Okinawa, graduated with Honors from Alameda Maritime Academy in 1946, and graduated with a BS in Industrial Engineering from University of California, Berkeley in 1951. He worked at Westinghouse Electric Corporation from 1951-1955 as a Manufacturing Engineer and was licensed as a Registered Mechanical Engineer in the State of California in 1954.
Jim began working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 1955, under Nobel Laureate Ernest O. Lawrence. By the time he retired in 1986, he was chief of metrology (Group Leader of the Metrology Group). His contributions to precision engineering are not only seen in the diversity of organizations to which he contributed, but are better characterized by the awards he received from each organization:
