Background
Barr, Irwin Robert was born on May 16, 1920 in Newburgh, New York, United States. Son of Abraham Herman and Esther (Reibel) Barr.
Barr, Irwin Robert was born on May 16, 1920 in Newburgh, New York, United States. Son of Abraham Herman and Esther (Reibel) Barr.
Certified aeronautical engineering, Institute aeronautics, 1940.
Design group engineer, Glenn L. Martin Company, Baltimore, 1940-1950; chief ordnance engineer, then president and chief Executive officer, The American Association of Immunologists Corporation, Hunt Valley, Maryland., 1950-1989; Chairman of the Board emeritus, The American Association of Immunologists Corporation, Hunt Valley, since 1989.
Served with United States Army Air Force, 1944-1946.
Married Florence Lenore Skliar, October 19, 1941 (deceased February 1957). Children: Mary Barr Megee, Betty Barr Mackey, Joan Barr Blanco, Alan Howard. Married Dorothy Friendly Weeks, September 20, 1958.