Background
Barber, Robert Charles was born on April 20, 1936 in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. Son of Alexander Sinclair and Emma Violet (Jackson) Barber.
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Robert Charles Barber
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Bachelor of Science, McMaster U., 1958; Doctor of Philosophy, McMaster U., 1962.
Career
Postdoctoral fellow, McMaster U., Hamilton, Ontario, 1962-1965;
assistant professor physics, U. Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, 1965-1968;
associate professor, U. Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, 1968-1975;
professor, U. Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, since 1975;
acting head Department, University Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, 1984;
head Department, University Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, since 1987. Visiting professor University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1971-1972. Chairman graduate and postdoctoral fellowships committee 3, National Sciences and Engineering Research Council, 1988, 89, member postdoctoral fellowship grant selection committee, 1987, member of advisory committee tenure abroad, 1988.
Member International Postdoctoral Committee, 1991-1993, chairman, 1993.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Alcohol and Drug Education Superior vena cava syndrome, Inc., Manitoba, 1976-1979. Assistant leader 135th Winnipeg Cub Pack, Boy Scouts Canada, 1977-1980. Member Winnipeg S. Foster Parents Association, foster parent, 1983-1984, 85, 87, 88.
Board deacons Broadway-First Baptist Church, 1966-1968, 73-74, Chairman of the Board 1968, 1986-1988, chairman Christian education committee, 1969-1971, 82-83, 85-86. Board directors Baptist Union of Western Canada, 1981-1984, chairman task force on Baptist Leadership Training School, Calgary, 1982-1983, member Manitoba Executive Board, 1981-1984. Member International Union Pure and Applied Physics (associate secretary-general since 1993, secretary commission symbols, units, nomenclature atomic masses and fundamental constants 1978-1981, 81-84, chairman commission 1984-1987, 87-91, head Canada delegate to general assembly 1981, 84, active other committees), International Union Pure and Applied Chemistry (associate, titular 1979-1991, member of commission atomic weights and isotope abundances since 1987), Canada Association Physicists (dir.full members since 1988, councillor Manitoba section 1974-1976), Canada Association University Teachers.
Connections
Married Carole Holland, September 15, 1962. Children: Anne Margaret Barber-Somers, Ruth Elizabeth Barber-Dueck, Keith Robert.
