Dr. Linda L. Horton is the Deputy Division Director and manager of the Basic Energy Sciences Programs in the Metals and Ceramics Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). She is responsible for technical guidance and management of the basic science research that includes theoretical studies, materials characterization, radiation effects, intermetallics, advanced ceramics, and process science. Her personal research has emphasized applications of electron microscopy to materials science problems including investigations of the effects of ion implantation and neutron irradiation on the structure and properties of ferritic alloys and ceramic materials and studies of the growth and characterization of diamond thin films. She has authored over 45 publications and has co-edited a book on diamond thin films. Her research has received award recognition from DOE, ASM International (including Fellow), and the Association for Women in Science (East Tennessee Chapter Awards for Distinguished Achievements in Science - 1987 and Distinguished Science Management and Policy Implementation - 1995). She received the 1994 YWCA Tribute to Women award for Science and Technology (East Tennessee). In professional societies, Dr. Horton has served as a Trustee of ASM International and as a Director (Physical Sciences) and Council Secretary for the Microscopy Society of America. Currently, she is chairman of the ASM Council of Fellows. Dr. Horton has served on the DOE Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee since 1996, including 2 years as vice-chairman. She has been a member of number of DOE, NSF, and NRC committees and panels, including participation in the DOE Office of Science Strategic Planning activities and the Birgeneau Panel on Synchrotron Sources and Science.
Dr. Horton also coordinates educational activities (pre-college through postdoctoral) in the Metals and Ceramics Division and serves on the ORNL Diversity Leadership Council and the ORNL Postdoctoral Steering Committee . Related to these activities, she has been active in presenting science to students, including targeted groups of young women, both in the Oak Ridge area and to groups across the U.S. through ASM International. Dr. Horton also serves on the External Advisory Committee for Brown University's Materials Research Science and Engineering Center.
Dr. Horton has a Ph. D. and M.S. in Materials Science from the University of Virginia. Her B.S. is in mathematics and physics from Grove City College in Pennsylvania. Her previous positions at ORNL include Leadership of the Microscopy and Microanalytical Sciences Group and the Surfaces and Interfaces Group, and Technical Assistant to the ORNL Laboratory Director and to the Associate Laboratory Director for the Physical Sciences. She is married to Dr. Joseph A. Horton, Jr., also on the research staff at ORNL, and has three children.
Nutritionist -- Libby ReedUpon her graduation from grammar school and high school in her hometown of Knoxville, and upon her college graduation from Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Libby Reed achieved her goal in life of becoming a hospital clinical dietitian. Her 30 years of service have included positions with Rutherford County Hospital in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Ft. Sanders Hospital in Knoxville and her current tenure at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville. Included also in these years were opportunities to act as a consulting dietitian for various nursing homes in Knoxville and Maryville and she currently works with three separate Home Care Services, which covers nutritional needs of home care and hospice patients in sixteen counties of Tennessee.
She is very active in her local, state, and national dietetic associations with appointed offices in each and membership in many local associations. She is currently on staff of a local television show called "Foodstyle", put on by the local Knoxville dietitians and also is a member of Dial-A-Dietitian, a local nutrition program providing a number for people to call with nutritional questions and concerns. She is currently very active with the Medical Advisory Board of the National Kidney Foundation and also the local Kidney Transplant program at the University of Tennessee. Her work with other local Renal dietitians has helped to produce and publish teaching materials for instructional use.
She is currently very active in her local church, Mt. Olive Baptist Church where she has been teaching College/Career Sunday School and have new challenges brought to her on a weekly basis. She is single but does have a love - she is a 26-pound Beagle, named Lucy. (Pictures are available on request.) Work also interferes with her play many times because she is an avid Bridge player, a new player of Dominos, which she loves, and all her spare time is spent at the Beach, when she can get away.
The nutritional information - true or false - that is available in regards to Cancer is her subject matter for the panel discussion. There are numerous books, TV programs, lectures, and other informational roads that discuss dietary needs with a Cancer diagnosis but Libby will try to give basic, well-researched, nutritional facts in regards to Cancer and Women's Nutrition.
Women's History Month Events at ORNL