Richard Blanchard Block

Background

Block, Richard Blanchard was born on February 27, 1934 in Xenia, Ohio, United States. Son of Monroe Lincoln and Kathrina Margaret (Stiles) Block.

Education

AB, Kenyon College, 1956; Master of Science, Case Institute of Technology, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, Case Institute of Technology, 1963.

Career

Research engineer, TRW Inc., Cleveland, 1959-1963; assistant professor, Case Institute Technology, Cleveland, 1963-1967; senior physicist, manager, Physics International Company, San Leandro, California, 1967-1972; director advertising projects, Physics International Company, San Leandro, 1977-1979; senior staff associate, National Science Foundation, Washington, 1972-1977; president, chief Executive officer, Approtech Inc., Burlingame, California, 1979-1982; president, Block Development, Foster City, California, 1982-1984; president, chief Executive officer, Interlab Robotics Inc., Mountain View, California, 1983-1987; manager, member program, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, California, 1987-1990; managing principal, The Threshold Group, Inc., San Mateo, California, since 1990. Consultant National Science Foundation, Small Business Administration, Stanford Research Institute International, 1982. Advisor Federal Lab Consortium, Far West Region.

Achievements

• Richard Blanchard Block has been listed as a noteworthy technology based executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Technology Transfer Society (board directors 1987-1990), The Institute of Management Science, Sigma Xi, Delta Tau Delta.

Connections

Married Sylvia Jaynes Travis, January 31, 1958. Children: Katrin, Robin, Heather, Alison.

Father:

Monroe Lincoln Block

Mother:

Kathrina Margaret (Stiles) Block

Spouse:

Sylvia Jaynes Travis

child:

Robin Block

child:

Katrin Block

child:

Heather Block

child:

Alison Block