David R. Flinn (’68 Ph.D.), Newport News, Virginia. After graduating with a Ph.D. in chemistry, he received a postdoctoral research associate appointment from the National Research Council at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. He later worked as a research chemist and director for the Bureau of Mines under the Department of Interior and the Department of Energy in Maryland, Oregon and Alabama. He chaired the United States/Canada Transboundary Air Pollution subgroup from 1980 through 1983 and the National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program task group from 1986 through 1987. He held leadership roles with the Washington Academy of Sciences, National Association of Corrosion Engineers, Electrochemical Society and the American Chemical Society. Following his 1988 retirement, he worked as a real estate agent.
David R. Flinn (’68 Ph.D.), Newport News, Virginia. After graduating with a Ph.D. in chemistry, he received a postdoctoral research associate appointment from the National Research Council at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. He later worked as a research chemist and director for the Bureau of Mines under the Department of Interior and the Department of Energy in Maryland, Oregon and Alabama. He chaired the United States/Canada Transboundary Air Pollution subgroup from 1980 through 1983 and the National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program task group from 1986 through 1987. He held leadership roles with the Washington Academy of Sciences, National Association of Corrosion Engineers, Electrochemical Society and the American Chemical Society. Following his 1988 retirement, he worked as a real estate agent.
