Robert Briggs Leachman

Background

Leachman, Robert Briggs was born on June 11, 1921 in Lakewood, Ohio, United States. Son of Milton George and Wilma (Rothenbecker) Leachman.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Case Institute Technology, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy, Iowa State University, 1950.

Career

Staff member radiation laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1943-1945; instructor, Iowa State University, Ames, 1947-1948; staff member, group leader, Los Alamos Science Laboratory, 1950-1967; head cyclotron research, Los Alamos Science Laboratory, 1957-1967; professor physics, Kansas State University, 1967-1972; head department, Kansas State University, 1967-1971; director, Nuclear science laboratories, 1967-1972; assistant to deputy director, Defense Nuclear Agency, Washington, 1972-1974; assistant to deputy director regulations, Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, 1974-1975; assistant to deputy director regulations, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 1975-1978; with, United States Congress, Washington, 1978-1981; with, Office of Technology Assessment, Washington, 1978-1979; with, Science and Technology Committee, 1979-1981; management consultant, Space Telescope Science Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1981; management consultant, United States Army Headquarters, 1982-1986; senior scientist, Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, since 1986. Professor of University New Mexico, Los Alamos, part-time 1964-1965. Lecturer Montgomery College, Takoma Park, Maryland., 1978.

Adjunct Professor Southeastern U., Washington, 1980-1983. Member adjunct faculty Golden Gate U., since 1983, American U., 1983. Professorial lecturer George Washington University, 1983-1986.

Adjunct lecturer Santa Clara U., since 1987. Lecturer San Jose State University, since 1991.

Achievements

• Robert Briggs Leachman has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Nuclear Society.

Connections

Married Lenore Jean Collins, June 16, 1946. Children: Elaine Alice, Mark Collins, Gregg Milton.

Father:

Milton George Leachman

Mother:

Wilma (Rothenbecker) Leachman

Spouse:

Lenore Jean Collins

child:

Mark Collins Leachman

child:

Gregg Milton Leachman

child:

Elaine Alice Leachman