Background
Roberts, Louis Wright was born on September 1, 1913 in Jamestown, New York, United States. Son of Louis Lorenzo and Dora (Wright) Roberts.
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Louis Wright Roberts, American transportation executive. Recipient Apollo Achievement award National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1969, Meritorious Achievement award Secretary Transportation 1976, Outstanding Achievement award University Michigan, 1978, Meritorious Executive award President United States, 1984.
Education
Bachelor, Fisk University, 1935. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Fisk University, 1985. Master of Science, University Michigan, 1937.
Postgraduate, University Michigan, 1941. Postgraduate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1946.
Career
Teaching assistant, Fisk U., Nashville, 1935-1936;
instructor, St. Augustine's College, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1937-1940;
associate professor, St. Augustine's College, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1941-1942;
associate professor, Howard U., Washington, 1943-1944;
manager tube division, Sylvania Elec. Products Inc., Danvers, Salem and Boston, Massachusetts, 1944-1950;
tube consultant research laboratory for electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1950-1951;
visiting senior lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1979-1980;
founder, president, Microwave Associations, Inc., Boston, 1950-1955;
engineering specialist, consultant, Bomac laboratories, Inc., Beverly, Massachusetts, 1955-1959;
founder, vice-president, director, METCOM, Inc., Salem, Massachusetts, 1959-1967;
president, Elcon laboratories, Peabody, Massachusetts, 1962-1966;
consultant, Addison-Wesley Press, Reading, Massachusetts, 1963-1967;
chief microwave laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Electronics Research Center, Cambridge, 1967-1968;
chief optics and microwave laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Electronics Research Center, Cambridge, 1968-1970;
deputy director Office Technology, Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, 1970-1972;
director Office Technology, Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, 1972-1977;
director Office Energy and Environmental, Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, 1977-1979;
deputy director, Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, 1979;
director Office Data Systems and Technology, Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, 1980-1982;
director Office Administration, Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, 1982-1983;
associate director Office Operations Engineering, Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, 1983-1984;
acting deputy director, Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, 1984;
acting director, Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, 1984-1985;
director, Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, 1985-1989;
consultant, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio., 1989-1992. Coporator Wakefield Savings Bank, Massachusetts, 1975-1990.
Board directors Systems Resources Corporation.
Achievements
Membership
Member Massachusetts Governor's Commission on Vocational Rehabilitation, 1966-1968, Positive Program for Boston, 1967-1975. President Wakefield Council Churches, 1967-1970. Member advisory board University Massachusetts, Amherst, 1972-1990, Bentley College, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1974-1990.
Trustee University Hospital, Boston, 1973-1995. Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy of Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa Associates (life member), Sigma Pi Phi (treasurer 1980-1985, president 1986-1989), National Guardsmen Club (president 1986-1990), Masons.
Connections
Married Mercedes Pearl McGavock, June 8, 1938. Children: Louis M., Lawrence E.
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Religion
Episcopalian
Education
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1935
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1985
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1937
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1941
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1946
Awards
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Recipient Apollo Achievement award National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1969, Meritorious Achievement award Secretary Transportation 1976, Outstanding Achievement award University Michigan, 1978, Meritorious Executive award President United States, 1984.Recipient Apollo Achievement award National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1969, Meritorious Achievement award Secretary Transportation 1976, Outstanding Achievement award University Michigan, 1978, Meritorious Executive award President United States, 1984.