Background
Sosman, Robert Browning was born on March 17, 1881 in Chillicothe, Ohio, United States. Son of Francis A. and Mary R. (Browning) Sosman.
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Robert Browning Sosman
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Education
Bachelor of Science, Ohio State University, 1903, honorary Doctor of Science, 1938. Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1904, Doctor of Philosophy, 1907. Doctor of Science, Alfred University, 1953, U. Toledo, 1954.
Career
In laboratory of A. Doctorate. Little, Boston, 1906-1908. Physicist, assistant director, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institute, 1908-1928. Physical chemist, assistant director Research Laboratory, United States Steel Corporation, 1928-1947.
Professor, Department Ceramics, Rutgers University, 1947-1962.
Consulting chemist, Ordnance Department, United States Army, 1918. Lecturer on geophysics, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1925-1926.
National councilor, Ohio State University Research Foundation, 1937-1945. Chairman committee C-8 on refractories, American Society Testing Materials, 1948-1956.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Chemical Society, American Physical Society, American Ceramic Society (president 1937, Orton Memorial lecturer, honorary. Member 1952, Bleininger Award, 1953, Purdy Award, 1957, Jeppson award 1960), American Association University Professors, American Geophysical Union, American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers (Howe Memorial Lecturer, 1948), Geological Society American, New York, New Jersey mineral. clubs, British (honorary), German ceramic societies, Appalachian Mount. Club (chairman New York chapter, 1942-1944), Sigma Xi.
Club: Delta Upsilon.
Connections
Married Sarah Gibson Noble, September 30, 1911. Children: Robert Noble, George Gibson, Esther Browning, Edward Carey.
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October 30, 1967 (aged 86)