Background
Duffy, Robert Aloysius was born on September 9, 1921 in Buck Run, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Joseph Albert and Jane Veronica (Archer) Duffy.
Duffy, Robert Aloysius was born on September 9, 1921 in Buck Run, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Joseph Albert and Jane Veronica (Archer) Duffy.
Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1951.
Commissioned Second lieutenant, United States Army, 1942; commissioned, United States Air Force advanced through grades to brigadier general, United States Air Force, 1967; service in, Canal Zone service in, Morocco service in, Algeria service in, Tunisia service in, Sicily, Italy service in, Vietnam vice commander, United States Air Force Space and Missile Systems Organisation, Los Angeles, 1970-1971; retired, 1971; vice-president, director, Draper Laboratory division Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1971-1973; president, chief Executive officer, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., 1973-1987; director, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., 1973-1991; director emeritus, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., since 1991.
Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Member National Academy of Engineering, International Academy Astronautics, Institute Navigation (Thurlow award 1964, president 1976-1977), Air Force Association, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Elizabeth Reed Orr, August 19, 1945 (deceased). Children: Michael Gordon, Barclay Robert (deceased), Marian Orr (deceased), Judith Elizabeth Parsons, Patricia Archer. Married Jenifer Williams Pickett, November 28, 1992.