Background
Spooner, Robert Bruce was born on August 7, 1920 in Cleveland. Son of Robert Henry and Elsie Irene (Colbrunn) Spooner.
Spooner, Robert Bruce was born on August 7, 1920 in Cleveland. Son of Robert Henry and Elsie Irene (Colbrunn) Spooner.
Bachelor, Hiram College, 1941. Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1949.
Teaching assistant, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1946-1949;
scientist, head thermodynamics analysis, National Advisory Committee Aeronautics, Cleveland, 1949-1953;
director nuclear Research and Development, Martin Company, Baltimore, 1953-1955;
manager associate researches, Koppers Company, Pittsburgh, 1955-1962;
coordinator science and research advisory group, Regional Industrial Development Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1963-1965;
president, Impac Medical Instruments, Pittsburgh, 1965-1974;
director medical instrumentation center, MPC Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1974-1975;
senior project engineer, Emergency Care Research Institute, Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, since 1975. Chairman Annual Research Conference on Instrumentation Science, Geneva, New York, 1970. Delegate International Standards Committee, since 1982.
Lecturer theoretical physics Case Technology/National Advisory Committee Aeron., 1951-1952. Instructor biomedical instrumentation Bosphorus U., Istanbul, Turkey, 1983. Board examiners International Certified Commission, 1991.
Trustee Hiram College, 1963-1969. Captain United States Army, 1942-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Member American Society for Testing and Materials, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (editor translations 1968-1972), Instrument Society of America, American Physical Society, Association Advancement Medical Instrumentation, Society Industrial Electronics and Control Instrumentation (president 1972-1974).
Married Gloria Muriel Hoffman, January 2, 1945 (deceased August 1985). Children: Robert L., Holly R., Wendy A., Laura C.