Background
Effland, Robert E. was born on October 10, 1939 in Galesburg, Illinois, United States. Son of O.C. and Eloise (Huff) Effland.
Effland, Robert E. was born on October 10, 1939 in Galesburg, Illinois, United States. Son of O.C. and Eloise (Huff) Effland.
Bachelor in Physics, Monmouth College, 1961; postgraduate, University of Illinois, 1968-1983.
Staff engineer, Station WRAM, Monmouth, Illinois, 1959-1962;
chief engineer, Jel-Co Radio Inc., Mount Carmel, Illinois, 1962-1968;
director engineering, Jel-Co Radio Inc., Mount Carmel, Illinois, 1968-1972;
vice president engineering, Community Comm. Associations, Mount Carmel, Illinois, 1972-1977;
broadcast consultant, Community Comm. Associations, Mount Carmel, Illinois, since 1977;
chief engineer, WVJC Radio, Mount Carmel, Illinois, since 1978;
instructor electronic engineering, Wabash Valley College, Mount Carmel, Illinois, 1978-1984;
department head, Wabash Valley College, Mount Carmel, Illinois, since 1984.
Director Computer Avionics Corporation, Mount Carmel, 1979-1982. Consultant River ValleyRadio, Evansville, 1988-1992, Starlite television, Mount Carmel, since 1991, WSJD Radio, since 1994, WVMC Radio, since 1996.
Member Wabash County (Illinois) Board Communications, since 1984, chairman, 1988. Fire commissioner City of Mount Carmel, 1971-1983. Radio officer Wabash County Emergency Superior vena cava syndrome, 1965-1996.
Treasurer First Presbyterian Church, Mount Carmel, since 1988. Member Wabash Conservation Lake (director, secretary since 1985), Radio Amateur Downstate Organisation (president 1974-1980, 93-96, secretary-treasurer 1984-1996), Illinois Association County Officers, Wabash County Health Board (secretary since 1991), Wabash County Board of Commissioners (chairman 1987, 88, 95, 96), Wabash Area Development, Inc. (board of directors since 1994), Lions (president 1980-1981, treasurer 1983-1989), Society Broadcast Engineers (chairman Chapter 121 since 1992).
Married Linda S. Vancil, February 17, 1963. Children: Ronald, Greg.