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John Herbert Hollomon Jr. (March 12, 1919 – May 8, 1985) was a noted
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John Herbert Hollomon Jr. (March 12, 1919 – May 8, 1985) was a noted American
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engineer
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and founding member of the National Academy of Engineering.
Biography
Hollomon was born inNorfolk, Virginia
Norfolk ( ) is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Incorporated in 1705, it had a population of 238,005 at the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous city in Virginia after neighboring Virginia Be ...
, and in 1946 received his D.Sc. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...
(MIT) in metallurgy
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. He then joined the General Electric
General Electric Company (GE) is an American multinational conglomerate founded in 1892, and incorporated in New York state and headquartered in Boston. The company operated in sectors including healthcare, aviation, power, renewable energ ...
laboratories in Schenectady, New York, where he eventually became general manager.
In 1962, he was appointed first assistant secretary for science and technology at the United States Department of Commerce
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. In this role he established the Environmental Sciences Services Administration (later, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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), the Commerce Technical Advisory Board, and the State Technical Services program. He served for part of 1967 as acting under secretary of commerce, but left government for the University of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Public university, public research university in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two Territories became the state of Oklahom ...
where he served one year as president-designate and two as President.
In 1970, Hollomon returned to MIT as consultant to the president and subsequently as Professor of Engineering. In 1983, he moved to the Boston University
Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with its original campu ...
campus, where he remained until his death.
See also
* Hollomon–Jaffe parameter * Zener–Hollomon parameter *Strain hardening exponent
The strain hardening exponent (also called the strain hardening index), usually denoted n, a constant often used in calculations relating to stress–strain behavior in work hardening. It occurs in the formula known as Hollomon's equation (after ...
*Work hardening
In materials science, work hardening, also known as strain hardening, is the strengthening of a metal or polymer by plastic deformation. Work hardening may be desirable, undesirable, or inconsequential, depending on the context.
This strengt ...
References
External links
National Academy of Engineering memorial tribute
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hollomon, John Herbert 20th-century American engineers Founding members of the United States National Academy of Engineering Presidents of the University of Oklahoma 1919 births 1985 deaths 20th-century American academics