Background
Stiehler, Robert Daniel was born on July 16, 1910 in Springfield, New York, United States. Son of John and Margaret Pauline (Mirschel) Stiehler.
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Robert Daniel Stiehler, American polymer chemist. Achievements include patent for tire tester; research on eye, thermal property of purines and pyrindiles, vulcamization of rubber, standardization of material. New York state fellow John Hopkins University, 1929-1933, National Research Council fellow, 1933-1934.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1933.
Career
National research council fellow California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1933-1934. Research fellow Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, 1934-1938. Senior research scientist Benjamin Franklin Goodrich Company, Akron, Ohio, 1939-1942.
Senior scientist Quartermaster Corps., Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1942-1943. With Reconstrn. Finace Corporation, Washington, 1943-1945. Chemist, physical science administration National Bureau of Standards, 1946-1966, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 1966-1981, retired, 1981.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman, research committee Citizens for Fair Assessments, Washington, 1979-2000. Chairman public utility committee District of Columbia Federation of Civic Association, Washington, 1981-2000. Member Consumer Utility Board, 1985-2000.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society for Testing and Materials, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society for Quality, American Chemical Society, Chevy Chase Citizens Association (president 1974-1976).
Connections
Married Grace Lucille Van Order. Children: Margaret S. Bacon, John R.
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October 8, 2002 (aged 92)