Background
Bossler, Robert Burns was born on July 17, 1924 in Pittsburgh. Son of Robert Burns and Mary Adelia (Fisher) Bossler.
Bossler, Robert Burns was born on July 17, 1924 in Pittsburgh. Son of Robert Burns and Mary Adelia (Fisher) Bossler.
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 1949.
Senior engineer, Bell Helicopter Textron, Buffalo and Arlington, Texas, 1951-1956; chief mechanic system research, Kaman Aerospace, Bloomfield, Connecticut, 1956-1979; member technical staff, Lucas Western Inc., Industry, California, 1979-1993; drive system consultant, Hacienda Heights, California, since 1993. Chairman subcommittee on engines and transmissions for very heavy lift helicopters ad hoc working group United States Army Advanced Materiel Concepts Agency, Washington, 1969. Chairman doctor system session, army helicopter reliability and maintainability symposium United States Army Air Mobility Research and Development laboratories, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1973.
Corporal United States Army, 1942-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate). Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers (chairman session couplings and clutches3d International Power Transmission and Gearing Conference 1980, chairman gear dynamics III 4th International Power Transmission and Gearing Conference 1984), Society Automotive Engineering (chairman session helicopter transmission testing National Air Transportation meeting 1971, chairman S-12 helicopter powerplant committee 1973-1974, Certified Appreciation 1979, Certified Recognition 1993), American Helicopter Society (chairman propulsion session 34th Annual National Forum 1978, member propulsion committee since 1975).
Married Anne Marie Younker. Children: David Barr, Nancy Anne Kennedy, Robert Holiday.