Background
Rubens, Philip was born on January 13, 1943 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Maurice and Anna Mae (Kindilien) Rubens.
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technical writer communications educator
Rubens, Philip was born on January 13, 1943 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Maurice and Anna Mae (Kindilien) Rubens.
Bachelor, University Texas, Arlington, 1970. Master of Arts, University Texas, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy, Northern Illinois University, 1976.
Instructor Braniff Airways, Santiago, Chile, 1966-1967. Teaching assistant University Texas at Arlington, 1970-1971, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, 1972-1974. Assistant professor William Rainey Harper College, Chicago, 1975-1976.
Associate professor Michigan Technology University, Houghton, 1976-1980. Professor visual & technical communications Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1980-1998, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, since 1998. Technical writer Washington Gas Light Company.
Director communications Braniff Airways, Ling-Temco-Vought Aerospace, Gas Dynamics Laboratory, City of Arlington. Senior research associate TechWriting Affiliates, Inc. Consultant in field including Software Group, 1984, New York Education Association, 1981-1984, International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, 1984, 85, 87, TechWriting Affiliates Inc., 1985, 86, 88—, Short Brothers, Inc., Belfast, Ireland, 1985, Information Associates, 1985, DuPont corporation, 1985, Bell Laboratories, 1985, University Leeds, 1986, High Technology, Inc., Tokyo, 1987.
Adjunct professor technical communications University Limrick, Ireland, 2006.
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Member Smithsonian Institute, Washington, since 1976. Faculty advisor Keweenaw Chapter Society for Technology Communications, 1976-1980. Member Sierra Club, since 1980.
Department representative Hudson-Mohawk Consortium, 1980-1981. Sustaining member Northern Illinois University Executive Alumni Association, since 1980. Chair, membership committee Mohawk Chapter Society for Technology Communications, 1980-1981, vice chair, 1981-1982.
Executive alumni University Texas at Arlington, since 1981. Member Saratoga Sailing Club, since 1981, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, since 1981. Member Westport (Connecticut) History Society, since 1985.
Charter member National Museum Women in Arts, since 1992. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (education committee since 1982, Modern Language Association, American Business Communications Association (chair undergraduate studies committee 1977), Council for Programs in Technology and Science Communications (charter member, judge CPTSC Logo Competition 1982), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Professional Communications Society (education committee 1986, co-program chair of 1989 conference), Midwest Modern Language Association, National Council Teachers English (member technical writing committee since 1976), Popular Culture Association, Science Fiction Research Association, Science Writing Educators Group, Society for Technology Communications (judge international audio-visual competition 1985— and others.
Married Brenda Knowles, May 4, 1969. Children: Theresa Marie Norman, Alesia Lauree Chavez.