The Idaho Academy of Science: A Spectrum of Disciplines

CHILDHOOD

• Grew up on a wheat farm in rural western Nebraska (Banner County)
• Attended a one-room country school.

EDUCATION

• Banner County High School, Harrisburg, Nebraska, 1960
• Associate of Arts Degree, Scottsbluff College, 1962
• Bachelors Degree in Chemistry, Colorado State College, 1964
• Graduate courses at Arizona State University, Idaho State University, and University of Idaho.

COLLEGE ACTIVITIES

• American Chemical Society
• International Relations Club
• Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship
• Campus Crusade for Christ, organized the ministry at Idaho State University, 1965 to 1972.
• Lutheran Student Association
• Radio production
• Dramatics
• Pep band

EMPLOYMENT

• Farm work during summers through college
• Chemistry, physics and math tutor in college
• Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) since 1965. Retired June 2001, Advisory Scientist, Bechtel BWXT Idaho, LLC at INEEL

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• President of Idaho Academy of Science, 1988-89
• Executive Director of Idaho Academy of Science, 1994 - present
• American Nuclear Society
  • 1982-83, Chairman of the Idaho Section
  • 1985-87, Chairman of the national Local Sections Committee
  • 1988-93, Chairman of the national Membership Committee
  • 2003 - present, Historian of the Idaho Section
• Past active member of INEEL Speaker's Bureau
• Guest instructor on nuclear topics at Idaho Colleges and Universities several times per year
• Frequent speaker for civic organizations, service clubs, churches, schools, etc.
• Active participant of the Visiting Scientist Program of the Idaho Academy of Science
• Active member of Idaho Science Teachers Association

HONORS

• Phi Theta Kappa (junior college scholastic honorary fraternity)
• Lambda Sigma Tau (science honorary fraternity)
• Half-tuition honor scholarship at Scottsbluff College
• National Defense Education Act Fellowship for graduate study at Arizona State University
• 1983 Meritorious Section Award while Chairman of the 1300-member Idaho Section of the American Nuclear Society (selected as "best" of the 60 local sections of the ANS)
• 1986 George Westinghouse Signature Award of Excellence Silver Award for engineering achievement.
• 1989 American Nuclear Society Special Award for Nuclear Public Communication
• 1992 Finalist for George Westinghouse Innovation Award
• 1993 George Westinghouse Innovation Award
• 1993 U. S. Patent 5,364,603 for "Mercury-free Dissolution of Aluminum-clad Nuclear Fuel in Nitric Acid"
• Elected Fellow Scientist at Idaho National Engineering Laboratory in 1993
• 1994 American Nuclear Society Leadership Award
• 1995 U.S. Patent Application for "Environmentally Benign Corrosion Inhibitor for High Chromium Alloys in Hot Oxidizing Environments"
• 1995 U.S. Patent Application for "Dissolution of Stainless Steel in Sulfuric Acid in the Presence of Nitric Acid Residue"
• 2005 M. Jerome Bigelow Award from Sigma Xi at Idaho State University

UNCLASSIFIED PUBLICATIONS (excluding several dozen papers presented at technical meetings)

• Laboratory Simulation of High Level Liquid Waste Evaporation and Storage, Nuclear Technology, 1979
• Dry Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, NUREG/CR-1223, April 1980
• Science and Technology in Idaho, Essays by Prominent Idahoans, Idaho Centennial Commission, 1989
• Alternative Catalyst to Mercuric Nitrate for Dissolution of Aluminum-Clad Nuclear Fuels in Nitric Acid, Journal of Materials Research, 1997
• Sensitivity Analysis: Interaction of Spent Nuclear Fuel and Packaging Materials, RF/REP-020 Revision 0 US Department of Energy, Office of Spent Fuel Management and Special Projects, September 1998
• ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN CONTROL OF HIGH CHROMIUM ALLOY CORROSION IN HOT OXIDIZING ENVIRONMENTS, Journal of the Idaho Academy of Science, Vol. 37 No. 2, December 2001

PERSONAL

• Married to Karen A. Anderson, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in private practice
• Two adult sons:
  • Karl -1998 graduate of Idaho State University, biology major. Works in the US House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Married to Sarah Selders (ISU graduate, law student at George Mason Univ)
  • Brad -1997 graduate of Northwest Nazarene University, psychology major, teaches Spanish in Pocatello, lives part-time in Costa Rica, Central America
• Enjoys camping, fishing, and backpacking in Idaho's wilderness
• Enjoys Spanish language and spending winter months with friends in Costa Rica, Central America
• Former trustee of the Christian Nuclear Fellowship
• Volunteer science and math tutor in Pocatello schools
• Active in local church leadership
• Member of the Christian Motorcyclists Association