Robert Charles Tompkins

Background

Tompkins, Robert Charles was born on August 23, 1924 in Bucyrus, Ohio, United States. Son of Ernest Rusler and Valeria Beatrice (Sames) Tompkins.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Ohio State University, 1944; postgraduate, University of Chicago, 1946-1948.

Career

Research engineer, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio., 1944-1946; physical scientist, United States Army Nuclear Defense Laboratory, Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland., 1949-1971; physical scientist, United States Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland., 1971-1986; retired, United States Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland., 1986. Member Quadripartite Ad Hoc Working Group 62-5, London, 1963, DNA Fallout Working Group, Washington, 1965-1971. Member of advisory commission on civil defense NAS-National Research Council, Washington, 1970-1973.

Lecturer St. Mary's Seminary and University, Baltimore, 1975.

Achievements

• Robert Charles Tompkins has been listed as a notable Physical scientist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Chemical Society, American Physical Society, New York Academy Sciences, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Lee Raynor, August 31, 1957 (deceased February 2, 1997). Children: Michael David, Stephen Charles, Joan Elizabeth.

Father:

Ernest Rusler Tompkins

Mother:

Valeria Beatrice (Sames) Tompkins

Spouse:

Elizabeth Lee Raynor

child:

Joan Elizabeth Tompkins

child:

Michael David Tompkins

child:

Stephen Charles Tompkins