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Plunkett, Robert was born on March 15, 1919 in New York City. Son of Charles Robert and Helen Rebecca (Edwards) Plunkett.
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Robert Plunkett, American mechanical engineer, educator. Fulbright scholar Nantes, 1964; Fulbright scholar Technion, Israel, 1971. Served to major C.E. Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Acoustical Society of America, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate); member National Academy Engineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (honorary).
Education
Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1939. Doctor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1948. Docteur (honorary), University Nantes, France, 1966.
Career
Research assistant in electrical engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1939-1941, instructor mechanical engineering, 1941, assistant professor, 1946-1948. Assistant professor mechanical engineering Rice University, Houston, 1948-1951. Consultant engineer acoustics and mechanics General Electric Company, Schenectady, 1951-1960.
Professor applied mechanics University Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1960-1988, professor emeritus, since 1988. Consultant engineer Hughes Tool Company, Hamilton Standard Company, Ford Company, United States Navy, United States Army, United States Air Force, Honeywell Corporation, Control Data Corporation, Worthington Corporation, Westinghouse Company.
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Served to major C.E. Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Acoustical Society of America, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate). Member National Academy Engineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (honorary).
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Married Helen Catharine Bair, May 11, 1946. Children– Christopher Robert, Brian Charles, Margaret Louise.
