Background
Dean, Robert Charles was born on April 13, 1928 in Atlanta. Son of Robert C. and Ruth (Andrew) Dean.
entrepreneur innovator mechanical engineer
Dean, Robert Charles was born on April 13, 1928 in Atlanta. Son of Robert C. and Ruth (Andrew) Dean.
Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1949; Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1954.
Project engineer, Ultrasonic Corporation, 1949-1951;
head advanced engineering department, Ingersoll-Rand Company, 1956-1960;
director research, Thermal Dynamics Corporation, 1960-1961;
director, Ecological Science Corporation, 1968-1970;
co-founder, president, Creare Inc., 1961-1975;
co-founder, president, Ecological Research Corporation, 1968-1970;
co-founder, president, Hypertherm, Inc., 1968-1969;
co-founder, Chairman of the Board, principal engineer, Creare Innovations Company, 1976-1979;
founder, Verax Corporation, Hanover, N.H., 1979;
president, Verax Corporation, Hanover, N.H., 1979-1983;
Chairman of the Board, director science and technical, Verax Corporation, Hanover, N.H., 1983-1987;
founder, chairman, Synosys Corporation (now PerSeptive Biosystems), 1987-1989;
president, Synergy Research Corporation, Hanover, 1989-1996;
chairman, Synergy Research Corporation, Hanover, 1994-1996;
president, Synergy Innovations, Inc., Hanover, since 1996. Assistant professor mechanic engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1951-1956. Professor, then Adjunct Professor Thayer School Engineering Dartmouth College, since 1960.
Adjunct Professor engineering Northeastern U., 1988-1993, International Business Machines Corporation Distinguished scholar, 1989. Member turbine and compressor subcommittee National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1954-1955.
Trustee Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, 1978-1981. Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (chairman hydraulics division 1962-1963, director Turbomachinery Institute 1968-1973, Thurston lecturer 1977, chairman bioprocess engineering program 1987-1989, Fluids Engineering award 1979, medal 1996). Member National Academy of Engineering (education advising committee 1987-1990, steering commission on commercialization of technical 1987-1990, biotechnology peer committee 1987-1993, chairman 1989, bioprocess engineering committee 1990-1992, Draper prize committee 1993).
Married E. Nancy Hayes, September 22, 1951;children: Margaret S., James C., Elizabeth S., Martha A., Charles E.
