Robert Allen Mendelson

Background

Mendelson, Robert Allen was born in 1930 in Cleveland, AMERICA0. Son of Julius and Theodora Anne (Bloch) Mendelson.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Chemistry, Case Institute of Technology, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Chemistry, Case Institute of Technology, 1956.

Career

From senior research chemist to science fellow research department Monsanto Company, Texas City, Texas, 1956-1971, science fellow Springfield, Massachusetts, 1972-1989, senior science fellow, 1989-1991. Rheology focus area leader Baytown (Texas) Polymers Center Exxon Chemical, 1991-1994, rheology principal investigator, 1995-1999. Retired, 1999; consultant, rheology, Intellectual Property, 2000—2002.

Member committee for public policy American Institute Physics, 1985-1989. Collaborator University Research Programs, Cornell University, 1989-1991.

Achievements

• Robert Allen Mendelson has been listed as a notable polymer scientist, rheologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Society Rheology (president 1989-1991, vice president 1987-1989, secretary 1974-1978), American Chemical Society (Arthur Doolittle award division organic coatings and plastics 1982), Society Plastics Engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Connections

Married Lura Lauzon, 1971 (deceased 1999). Children: John A. Blackstone, Marie L. Taylor.

Father:

Julius Mendelson

Mother:

Theodora Anne (Bloch) Mendelson

Spouse:

Lura Lauzon

child:

Marie L. Taylor Mendelson

child:

John A. Blackstone Mendelson