Background
Axtmann, Robert Clark was born on February 25, 1925 in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. Son of Charles Frank and Marguerite (Conklin) Axtmann.
nuclear and chemical engineering educator
Axtmann, Robert Clark was born on February 25, 1925 in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. Son of Charles Frank and Marguerite (Conklin) Axtmann.
Bachelor of Arts, Oberlin College, 1947; Doctor of Philisophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1950.
Instructor, Johns Hopkins University, 1949;
physicist, Aberdeen Proving Ground, 1950;
from scientist to senior research supervisor, E.I. duPont de Nemours & Company, 1950-1959;
member of faculty, Princeton University, 1959-1989;
chairman program nuclear studies in engineering, Princeton University, 1960-1968;
chairman, Council Environmental Studies, 1970-1973. Visiting fellow Israel Atomic Energy Commission, 1964, Comision Nacional de Energia Nuclear, Mexico, 1969, Department Science and Industrial Research, New Zealand, 1974, 79-80, Instituto Investigaciones Electricas, Mexico, 1984-1985. Member New Jersey Commission Radiation Protection, 1966-1970.
Advising committee on geothermal energy Department Energy, 1976-1978. Member of advisory commission on reactor safeguards Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 1981-1985.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Member American Physical Society, American Chemical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Geothermal Resources Council, American Institute Chemical Engineering.
Married Annabell Hoxie, April 9, 1949. Children: Connelle Marguerite, Tyrrell Charles, Ellen Virginia.