Ralph Edwin Abbott

Background

Abbott, Ralph Edwin was born on August 4, 1940 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Howard Hanscom and Lois (Swett) Abbott.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mech. Engineering, Bucknell U., 1962; postgraduate, U. San Francisco, 1965-1966.

Career

Market manager, Adcole Corporation, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1970-1973; vice president marketing, American Science and Engineering, Inc., Cambridge, 1973-1980; general manager, Vedette Energy Research, Los Angeles, 1980-1982; vice president, Dynatrend, Inc., Woburn, Massachusetts, 1982-1984; president, Plexus Research, Inc., Acton, Massachusetts, since 1984; president, Protection Systems, Inc., Acton, since 1984. Consultant Brown Boveri, Switzerland, since 1985, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, California, since 1983, Matsushita Electric Works, Japan, since 1986, So.Calif. Edison Company, since 1987, General Electric Company, since 1994, Baltimore Gas & Electric, since 1993, Rochester Gas & Electric, since 1995.

Achievements

• Ralph Edwin Abbott has been listed as a noteworthy Product development executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of the board of Appeals, Acton, Massachusetts, 1978-1980. Member Massachusetts Prison Advisory Committee, Concord, Massachusetts, 1985-1986. With United States Army, 1963-1964.

Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior), Association Professional Engineers Ontario, Delta Upsilon of New England.

Interests

• Avocations: flying, amateur radio, skiing, boating.

Connections

Married Mary Louise Davis, June 17,1967. Children: Jennifer Lynn, Jeffrey Davis.

Father:

Howard Hanscom Abbott

Mother:

Lois (Swett) Abbott

Spouse:

Mary Louise Davis

child:

Jeffrey Davis Abbott

child:

Jennifer Lynn Abbott