Background
Rumer, Ralph Raymond was born on June 22, 1931 in Ocean City, New Jersey, United States. Son of Ralph Raymond and Anna (Hibbard) Rumer.
Rumer, Ralph Raymond was born on June 22, 1931 in Ocean City, New Jersey, United States. Son of Ralph Raymond and Anna (Hibbard) Rumer.
Bachelor of Science. in Civil Engineering, Duke U., 1953; Master of Science, Rutgers University, 1959; Doctor of Science (American Society of Civil Engineers research fellow), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1962.
With, Lukens Steel Company, Coatesville, Pennsylvania, 1953-1954;
instructor department сivil engineering, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1956-1959;
civil engineer, United States Department of Agriculture, New Brunswick, summer 1957-1959;
research assistant Hydrodynamics laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, 1961-1962;
assistant professor department сivil engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1962-1963;
associate professor department сivil engineering, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1963-1969;
professor, State University of New York, 1969-1976, 78-97;
acting head, State University of New York, 1966-1967;
chairman, State University of New York, 1967-1973, 84-87;
director, State University of New York (Great Lakes Program), 1986-1990;
acting provost engineering and applied science, State University of New York (Great Lakes Program), 1974-1975;
professor, department chairman сivil engineering, U. Delaware, Newark, 1976-1978;
director, New York Center Hazardous Waste Management, 1987-1995. Visiting professor Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, since 1997. Technical consultant to government and industry in hydraulics, water resources and environmental engineering.
Member water resources research committee National Academy Science, 1985-1986. Member water management advising committee New York State Department Environmental Conservation, 1988-1993. Chairman science advising committee Environmental Protection Agency regions 1 & 2 Hazardous Substance Research Center, New Jersey Institute Technology, since 1989.
Member science advising committee Gulf Coast States Hazardous Substance Research Center, Lamar U., Texas, 1991-1997.
Served with United States Army, 1954-1956. Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers (director Buffalo section, president Buffalo section 1984-1985). Member International Association, Hydraulic Research, American Geophysical Union, International Association Great Lakes Research, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Chi Epsilon.
Married Shirley Louise Haynes, November 30, 1953 (deceased 1995). Children: Sherri, Sue, Sandra, Sarah. Married Sallie Anne Wallace Kornegay, 1997.