Background
Rowland, Robert Arthur was born in 1928 in Davenport, Iowa, United States. Son of Ernist Roberts and Nina May (Osborn) Rowland.
Plant engineer manufacturing company executive
Rowland, Robert Arthur was born in 1928 in Davenport, Iowa, United States. Son of Ernist Roberts and Nina May (Osborn) Rowland.
Bachelor of Science, University Iowa City, 1952.
Engineer Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, 1952, Davenport Machine & Foundry Company, Iowa, 1953—1958. Plant engineer Dock Foundry, Three Rivers, Michigan, 1958—1959. Maintenance manager Wehr Steel Corporation, Milwaukee, 1959—1963, Brillion Iron Works, 1963—1971, Wehr Steel Corporation, Milwaukee, 1971—1972.
Director plant engineering Electron Corporation, Littleton, Colorado, since 1972. Founder, president Systems & Control Design Inc. Speaker plant engineering.
Member of American Institute Plant Engineers (certified engineer), American Foundrymen's Society (engineering speaker, chairman Rocky mountain chapter, national director since 1979), Lions.
Married Virginia May Felt Rowland, September 4, 1948. Children: Barbara, Deborah, Jennie.