Background
Dobbins, John Potter was born on July 4, 1914 in Tientsin, Hopeh, China. Son of John Leslie and Arleta Natalia (Potter) Dobbins.
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John Potter Dobbins
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Bachelor, University California, Berkeley, 1935. Diplom-ingenieur, Saxon Institute of Technology, Dresden, Germany, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, 1963.
Career
Chemist, Best Foods, Inc., William Polk Fuller & Company, San Francisco, 1935-1939;
chemical and research engineer, North America Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, California, 1939-1944;
senior research engineer, information specialist, North America Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, California, 1945-1954;
technical director, treasurer, Records Svc. Corporation, Los Angeles, 1954-1957;
student and construction engineering, Contraves AG, Zurich, 1957-1963;
construction engineering, Bolsey Associations, others, New York City and Stamford, Connecticut, 1964-1965;
senior staff scientist, Hycon Manufacturing Company, Monrovia, California, 1966-1968;
senior staff scientist electronics division, Rockwell International, Anaheim, California, 1969-1974;
independent construction engineering/scientist, San Marino, California, 1975-1994. Vice president Mariano Rancho Corps., Ventura California, 1987-1994.
Member of advisory Ventura Land & Water company, 1951-1956.
Achievements
Membership
Member, state actor San Marino City Club, 1976-1994. Lecturer, board supervisors Los Angelees County, California, 1987. Counselor Boy Scouts American, Dean Science Advisors, San Gabriel Valley, 1975-1994.
Chairman, director San Marino branch American Red Cross, 1986. Fellow American Institute Chemists, International Academy Nutrition and Preventive Medicine (certified 1977). Member New York Academy of Sciences.
Connections
Married Betty Hamilton Brown, December 20, 1939 (divorced December 1952). Married Violet Elizabeth Norrman, October 1, 1955. Children: Stephen Knightcliffe, Deborah Rose, John Norrman, Michèle Potter.
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Interred Sunset View Cemetery, Berkeley, California -
Nationality
American -
Religion
Presbyterian -
Political Party
Republican
Education
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1935
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1938
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1963
Career
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1935 - 1939
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1939 - 1944
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1954 - 1957
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1954 - 1957
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1957 - 1963
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1964 - 1965
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1966 - 1968
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1969 - 1974
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1975 - 1994
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