Background

Howard, Robert Charles was born on June 6, 1923 in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. Son of Charles Wilber and Ella Mae Paustian.

Education

Bachelor, Whitman College, 1944. Doctor of Philosophy, California Technology Institute, 1953.

Career

Electronics engineer, USNOTS, China Lake, California, 1948-1951; member technical staff, Bell Labs, New York City, 1953-1956; corporation staff engineer, Conrec Corporation, Duarte, California, 1965-1968; chief engineer, James B. Lansing Sound, Los Angeles, 1968-1971; project engineer, Aerojet Electro Systems, Azusa, California, 1971-1974; construction engineering, Stone Howard Nowill & Kon, Los Angeles, 1974-1986; professor electrical engineering, California State University, Los Angeles, since 1986. Technical consultant Exxon Corporation, Mead Corporation.

Achievements

• Robert Charles Howard has been listed as a noteworthy engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Los Angeles County committee election devices, 1968-1972. Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate, senior life). Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Society Engineering Educators.

Interests

• Avocations: flying, music, barbershop chorus.

Connections

Married Patricia, August 29, 1948 (divorced 1970). Children: Sharon, Catherine, Hal, Kimberly, Hugh. Married Marjorie F. Malendy, May 10, 1997.

Father:

Charles Wilber

Mother:

Ella Mae Paustian

Spouse:

Marjorie F. Malendy

Spouse:

Patricia

child:

Hugh Howard

child:

Catherine Howard

child:

Hal Howard

child:

Sharon Howard

child:

Kimberly Howard