Background
Bruce, Robert Douglas was born on January 13, 1941 in Livingston, Texas, United States. Son of Vivian Eugene and Edna Lee Bruce.
noise and vibration control consultant acoustics
Bruce, Robert Douglas was born on January 13, 1941 in Livingston, Texas, United States. Son of Vivian Eugene and Edna Lee Bruce.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Lamar University, 1963. SMEE, Electrical engineer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1966.
Associate engineer, Mobil Oil Corporation, Beaumont, Texas, 1963-1964; teaching assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1964-1966; consultant, director, Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge, 1966-1981; principal consultant, Hoover Keith & Bruce Inc., Houston, 1981-1987; principal consultant, Collaboration in Science and Technology Inc., Houston, since 1987. Consultant, lecturer in field.
Chairman National Save Your Hearing Day, 1995. Fellow Acoustical Society of America (chairman Boston chapter 1970, Houston chapter 1980). Member Institute Noise Control Engineering (certified, board directors 1982-1984, 86-88, president 1986), Massachusetts Institute of Technology Enterprise Forum Texas (board directors 1984-1993), Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation.
Married Lydia Marcelyn Meynig, May 31, 1963. Children: Robert Douglas Junior, James Elliot.