Background
Hawkins, Robert Dawson was born on April 11, 1892 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Son of Edmund Decator and Willie Crutcher (Burton) Hawkins.
engineering educator City Planning and Zoning Commission
Hawkins, Robert Dawson was born on April 11, 1892 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Son of Edmund Decator and Willie Crutcher (Burton) Hawkins.
BME, University Kentucky, 1915. Master of Engineering, University Kentucky, 1921. Master of Engineering, University Pennsylvania, 1938.
Master of Science, University Michigan, 1939.
Chief inspector Remington Arms Company, 1915-1916. Instructor mechanical engineering University Pennsylvania, 1916-1918. Member faculty University Kentucky, from 1918, professor engineering, from 1924, head department general engineering.
Former chairman city-county planning and zoning commission, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, member board 1928-1959. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society Engineering Education, Kentucky Society Professional Engineers, American Association of University Professors, Masons, K.T., Delta Tau Delta, Iota Alpha, Pi Tau Sigma, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Martha Weakley, June 23, 1915. Children: Willie Burton (Mistress David M. Peetus), Martha (Mistress W. H. Rush), Dorothy Dawson (Mistress W. S. Coblin).