Background
Randall, Robert Henry was born on December 22, 1890 in Waynesville, Ohio, United States. Son of George Eddy and Jennie Williams (Bail) Randall.
Randall, Robert Henry was born on December 22, 1890 in Waynesville, Ohio, United States. Son of George Eddy and Jennie Williams (Bail) Randall.
Student Ohio Wesleyan University, 1911-1912. Doctor of Science, University Santo Domingo, 1952.
Assistant city engineer, Dayton, O., 1914. City surveys various cities, 1914-1918. President R. H. Randall & Company, geodetic and topographic engineers
(city surveys in Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, West Virginia), 1918-1935.
President Randall Press, map publications, 1927-1935. Consultant National Resources Planning Board (state and regional planning public works), 1935-1940.
Consultant Tennessee Valley Authority, 1938-1939. Consultant, assistant on cartography bureau of Budget, 1940-1960.
Vice president Aeronautical Service Corporation of Litton Industries, Philadelphia, 1960-1964.
Consultant on Latin American program Agency for International Development, since 1964. United States member international public works committee International Labor Organization, Geneva, 1938. United States member of commission on cartography Pan American Institute Geography and History, 1942-1962, president institute, 1950-1955, honorary president, since 1955.
Chairman United States delegation Pan American Consultations on Cartography, Washington, 1943, Rio de Janeiro, 1944, Caracas, 1946, Buenos Aires, 1948, 61, Santiago, 1950, Ciudad Trujillo, 1952, Mexico City, 1955, Havana, 1958.
Chairman committee experts on cartography, United Nations, 1949. Consultant Cuban government symposium on natural resources, 1957-1958.
Vice chairman United States delegation to United Nations 2d Regional Conference Cartography, Tokyo, 1958. Consultant Organization of American States Mission to Chile, 1960.
Member international public works committee International Labor Organization, Geneva, 1938. Member of commission on cartography Pan American Institute Geography and History, 1942-1962, president institute, 1950-1955, honorary president, since 1955. Chairman United States delegation Pan American Consultations on Cartography, Washington, 1943, Rio de Janeiro, 1944, Caracas, 1946, Buenos Aires, 1948, 61, Santiago, 1950, Ciudad Trujillo, 1952, Mexico City, 1955, Havana, 1958.
Chairman committee experts on cartography, United Nations, 1949.
Consultant Cuban government symposium on natural resources, 1957-1958. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member Association American Geographers, American Geography Society (honorary. Member), Geography Society Chile (patron), American Society of Civil Engineers (life), Chileen Society Geography, American Institute Planners, American Planning and Civic Association, American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (1st president, honorary.
Member), American Geophysical Union, American Society Photogrammetry (honorary.
Member), Mexican Society Geography and Statistics, National Institute Geography Investigations of Uruguay, Phi Gamma Delta. Club: Cosmos (Washington).
Married Maree Gard, February 11, 1915. Married second, Marguerita Dinsmore Gard, February 11, 1964. Children: Robert Henry, William Eddy, Richard Rainier.