Background
White, Robert Allan was born on December 16, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Thomas Arthur and Lillian Frances (Wietzke) White.
Mechanical engineering educator
White, Robert Allan was born on December 16, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Thomas Arthur and Lillian Frances (Wietzke) White.
Bachelor of Science, University Illinois, 1957; Master of Sciences, University Illinois, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1963.
Senior research scientist, Aero. Research Institute of Sweden, Stockholm, 1963-1965;
assistant professor department mechanic engineering, University of Illinois, 1965-1967;
associate professor, University of Illinois, 1967-1972;
professor, University of Illinois, since 1972;
director automotive systems laboratory, University of Illinois, since 1979. Consultant Dornier Aircraft, Germany, Aero.
Research Institute Sweden. Member Air Force studies board National Research Council, 1984-1990.
Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate). Member American Society Engineering Education, Society Automotive Engineers (Ralph R. Teetor award 1986), Sigma Xi, Pi Tau Sigma.
Married Wilma Ethel Frostenson, February 2, 1957. Children: Dawn Roberta, Wendy Linn.