Barry Stephenson
Barry Stephenson was appointed to the Tennessee Board of Regents to represent the third congressional district. Mr. Stephenson is a chemist with over 55 years of experience including 44 years in senior management positions in analytical testing laboratories. His experience includes all aspects of laboratory operations, administration, project development and management, and business development. In 1998, he was instrumental in the commercialization of Materials and Chemistry Laboratory, formerly a DOE contractor laboratory at K25 Uranium Emichment Facility in Oak Ridge. The commercial Materials and Chemistry Laboratory (MCLinc) is an employee-owned, small business focusing in the areas of chemical characterization, industrial hygiene analysis, industrial forensics, and chemical process optimization. Mr. Stephenson received a B.S. in Chemistry from UT Martin and a M.S. in Science Education from UT Knoxville.
Prior to entering the laboratory field, Barry taught high school chemistry and physics at Roane County High School in Kingston. After leaving teaching he continued his interest in education as a member of the Roane County School Board and, today, as a member of the Board of Directors of the Roane State Community College Foundation and the Oak Ridge Public Schools Education Foundation. He served as Chairman of the Board of Directors for Family Medicine Associates of Kingston and as a member of the Board of Directors and past Chairman of the East Tennessee Economic Council and is a recipient ofETEC's Muddy Boot Award. He is member of the Rotary Club of Oak Ridge having served as President of the Club in 2010-11. Barry and the employee-owners ofMCLinc actively support many of the non-profit organizations in the community.
A resident of Roane County since 1965, Barry and his wife Lucy live on their farm East of Kingston. He has three children: LeeAnn Childers who works as a kindergarten teacher and lives in Tullahoma; Daniel, who lives on the family farm and works for NRCS in Knoxville; and Joseph, an Electrical Engineer and software consultant. Joseph and his wife, Paige, live in Nashville.