Background
Goldman, Ralph Frederick was born on March 3, 1928 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Harry and May (Field) Goldman.
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Ralph Frederick Goldman
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Ralph Frederick Goldman, American Research physiologist, educator. Avocations: piano, gardening, camping, duplicate bridge, tennis.
M C. Recipient Meritorious Civilian Svc. award United States Army Research and Development Command, 1963, Exceptional Civilian Svc. award Secretary of Army, 1976, Senior Executive Svc. award United States Civil Svc., 1979, Silver Beaver award Boy Scouts American, 1981.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, U. Denver, 1949; Master of Arts in Physiology, Boston University, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy in Physiology, Boston University, 1954; Master of Science in Engineering, Northeastern U., Boston, 1962.
Career
Research physiologist, Natick (Massachusetts) laboratories, United States Army, 1955-1961;
director division environmental medicine, United States Army Research Institute, Natick, 1961-1982;
principal consultant, Department of Army for Environmental Physiology, Natick, 1971-1982;
chief scientist, Multi-Tech Corporation, Natick, 1982-1988;
chief scientist, Research and Development, clothing and human comfort, Comfort Technology, Inc., Natick, since 1989;
senior consultant technical and product development, Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1993-1997. Adjunct Professor Boston University, since 1970, North Carolina State University, since 1989. Lecturer Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1974-1994.
Visiting scientist Peoples Republican of China, since 1981. Visiting scholar lecturer Springfield (Massachusetts) College, 1977, Ohio State University, 1977, 88. Chairman research group biomedical effects of clothing, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1981-1986.
Achievements
Membership
Scoutmaster Boy Scouts American, Framinginham, Massachusetts, 1956-1990, Executive Board, since 1991. Member town meeting Town of Framingham, 1983-1988. Fellow American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers (board directors 1982-1985, associate editor International Journal Heating, Ventilation, & Air Conditioning&R Research since 1995, Distinguished Fellow award 1992), American College Sports Medicine(editorial board 1979-1985), Ergonomics Society (honorary).
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (AEMB county 1978-1984), American Society for Testing and Materials, American Physiological Society (editorial board 1972-1978), Association Military Surgeons United States, Framingham Amateur Radio Association (treasurer 1970-1984), Cape Cod Yacht Club (Falmouth, Massachusetts), Pelican Isle Yacht Club (Naples, Florida).
Connections
Married Joan R. Krinsky, May 27, 1957. Children: Harry, Ellen.
