Background
Folweiler, Robert CooperTallahassee was born on August 2, 1933 in Tallahassee. Son of Alfred David and Gertrude Lillian (Cooper) Folweiler.
Folweiler, Robert CooperTallahassee was born on August 2, 1933 in Tallahassee. Son of Alfred David and Gertrude Lillian (Cooper) Folweiler.
Bachelor, Rice University, 1955. Bachelor of Science, Rice University, 1956. Master of Science, Rice University, 1958.
Ceramist General Electric Company Research Laboratory, Schenectady, 1959—1961. Vice president, laboratory director Lexington Laboratories, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1961—1968. Principal investigator Sanders Associates, Nashua, New Hampshire, 1968—1979.
Senior program engineer Microwave Associates, Burlington, Massachusetts, 1979—1980. Principal member, technical staff GTE Laboratories Inc., Waltham, 1980—1999. Visiting scientist Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1970—1974.
Member finance committee, chairman Town Bedford, Massachusetts, 1968—1977, selectman, chairman, 1978—1984, conservation commission member, 1984—1999. Served to lieutenant United States Army, 1958-1959.
Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Crystal Growth (section chairman 1979-1980), American Ceramic Society, Lions (tail twister 1976-1977), Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi.
Married Helen Herbert Smith, August 19, 1961. Children: David, Sara, Robin.