Background
Calvert, Robert was born on March 15, 1889 in Milford, Missouri, United States. Son of William Samuel and Martha Ann (Newkirk) Calvert.
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Robert Calvert
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Education
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Oklahoma, 1909, Master of Arts, 1910. South.M. Entertainment, U. Chgo, 1912. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia, 1914.
Career
Instructor chemical U. Oklahoma, 1909-1911, Columbia, 1913-1915. Chemist and research laboratory director Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours & Company, 1915-1920. Assistant professor of chemistry University of Southern California, 1921-1922.
Research laboratory director Celite Products Company, 1922-1924.
Professor industrial chemistry U. Maryland., 1925-1926. Chief chemist Van Schaack Brothers Chemical Works, Chicago, 1926-1931.
Patent attorney Johns-Manville Corporation, 1931-1938, consultant, 1938-1941, patent attorney, 1941-1958. Patent attorney Borden Company, 1958-1964.
Professor industrial chemistry American University Beirut, 1951-1952.
Distinguished Service citation University Oklahoma, 1965. American Institute Chemists’ Freedman Patent Foundation award, 1966.
Achievements
Membership
Member Delaware Chemists Society (chairman 1917), New Jersey Chemical Society (vice chairman 1920), American Chemical Society (vice chairman Chicago section 1931. Clubs: Chemists (New York).
Connections
Married Mary Power Siggers, March 6, 1922. Children: Robert, Carol (deceased), George Edward.
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Political Party
Republican