Background
Plumb, Robert Charles was born on January 24, 1926 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Seley and May Emma (Putnam) Plumb.
Plumb, Robert Charles was born on January 24, 1926 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Seley and May Emma (Putnam) Plumb.
Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry, Clark University, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Chemistry, Brown U., 1953.
Research chemist, Aluminum Company of America Research, New Kensington, Pennsylvania, 1952-1956;
assistant chief physical chemistry, Aluminum Company of America Research, New Kensington, Pennsylvania, 1957-1958;
National Science Foundation fellow, Cambridge (England) University, 1956-1957;
assistant, then associate professor, Worcester (Massachusetts) Polytechnic Institute, 1958-1964;
professor of chemistry, Worcester (Massachusetts) Polytechnic Institute, since 1964;
head chemistry department, Worcester (Massachusetts) Polytechnic Institute, 1967-1976;
research professor of chemistry, Brown U., since 1990. Visiting professor Western Australia Institute Technology, Perth, l973. Academic consultant, l968-.
Industrial consultant, l976-.
Served to sergeant United States Army, 1943-1945. Member International Association Colloid & Interface Scientists, American Chemical Society (tour speaker 1965-1967, visiting scientist award Western Connecticut chapter 1977), Sigma Xi.
Married Vera Francis Baranowski, April 27, 1973.