Background
Wigand,, Robert Charles was born on June 17, 1924 in Staten Island, New York, United States. Son of Robert Charles Wigand Senior and Marion Carolyn (Waner) Wigand.
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Robert Charles Wigand
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Education
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, University Colorado, Boulder, 1944.
Career
Messenger Sullivan and Cromwell Law Firm, 1941. Miner Climax Molybdenum Company, Colorado, 1943. Superintendent trainee Callan Builders Inc., Manhasset, New York, 1946.
Construction superintendent Johns-Manville Corporation, 1947—1950. Real estate supervisor Northeast region Household Finance Corporation, New York City, 1953—1955. Engineer Franki Foundation Company, 1955, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1956.
Engineer, field supervisor power plant construction Burns and Roe Incorporated, New York York City, 1957—1958, siting engineer project Mercury tracking stations, 1959—1960, Indonesia, 1961, 1962. Project manager, engineer Alaska tracking station National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, Fairbanks, Alaska, 1963—1964, project manager Apollo tracking antennas worldwide network, 1965—1970, supervisor tracking network facilities Greenbelt, 1971—1995. Private to lieutenant colonel United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1942-1977.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow: American Society of Civil Engineers, American Congress Suveying and Mapping. Member: National Society of Professional Engineers, Reserve Officers Association, American Society Military Engineers, Goddard Retirees and Alumni Association (board directors), American Geophysical Union.
Connections
Married Wanda Constance Beelick, March 10, 1952 (deceased 2008). Children: Gwendolyn Mary Bolling, James Robert, John Theodore. Married Mary Alice Smith, December 17, 2009.
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Nationality
American