Ron Scanlan's early career from 1970-1975 was at the General Electric R&D Center, where he worked on developing a multifilamentary form of Nb3Sn superconductor that would be easier to wind into magnets and have lower ac losses than the currently available tape form. That work led to an IR-100 award in 1975. From 1975 to 1984 Ron worked at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the Magnet Fusion Energy Program, evaluating superconductors for new magnets. In 1984, he began consulting with the superconductor development group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and then transferred there to head up the effort in testing and development of superconductors for accelerator magnet applications. During the R&D phase of the Superconducting Supercollider project, Ron was in charge of superconductor development and procurement. This work led to the 1991 Particle Accelerator Conference Award with David Larbalestier, for “Development of high current NbTi superconductor for use in the SSC”. After the SSC moved to Texas and entered the construction phase, Ron continued to work on advanced superconducting magnet development and led the LBNL effort from 1994 to 1999 as the Program Leader. He closed out my career at LBNL as leader of the DOE Superconducting Materials Development program. Ron's LBNL work led to the IEEE Award for Continuing and Significant Contributions in the Field of Applied Superconductivity. After retiring from LBNL, Ron consulted part time for LBNL and then in 2006 he joined Particle Beam Lasers as a Senior Scientist and he has participated in several SBIR projects for the development of high field superconducting magnets.