Background

Pierotti, Robert Amedeo was born on November 13, 1931 in Newark. Son of Amedeo and Maria-Pia (Pisani) Pierotti.

Education

Bachelor of Arts Chemistry, Pomona College, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy (Leonard and Rose Chudacoff scholar), U. Washington, 1958.

Career

Instructor, U. Nevada, Reno, 1958-1960; faculty, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, since 1960; professor of chemistry, Georgia Institute Technology, since 1968; director School Chemistry, Georgia Institute Technology, since 1983; dean College Sciences and Liberal Studies, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1989; dean College Sciences, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, since 1990; director Center for Education in Science, Mathematics and Computing, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1990-1994. North Atlantic Treaty Organization senior fellow Bristol (England) University, 1968.

Achievements

• Robert Amedeo Pierotti has been listed as a noteworthy Chemistry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Chemical Society, American Physical Society, Faraday Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association of University Professors, Sigma Xi (Master of Arts Ferst Research prize 1962).

Connections

Married Dorothy Clare Soper, June 22,1959. Children: Margaret-Marie, Stephen Robert.

Father:

Amedeo Pierotti

Mother:

Maria-Pia (Pisani) Pierotti

Spouse:

Dorothy Clare Soper

child:

Stephen Robert Pierotti

child:

Margaret-Marie Pierotti