Robert E. Tench

Background

Tench, Robert E. was born on October 28, 1957 in Pittsburgh. Son of Robert Louis and Mildred Evelyn (Ehrler) Tench.

Education

Bachelor in Physics with high honors, Swarthmore College, 1978; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985.

Career

Member technical staff, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories Development, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1985-1989; member technical staff, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories Development, Breinigsville, Pennsylvania, 1989-1992; member technical staff, Bells laboratories Research, Breinigsville, since 1992. Honors examiner Swarthmore (Pennsylvania) College, 1994.

Achievements

• Robert E. Tench has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Secretary vestry St. Anne's Episcopalian Church, Trexlertown, Pennsylvania, 1995-1997. Member Optical Society American, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (secretary optical communications committee 1991-1996), Society Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Mary Louise Powers, April 19, 1986. Children: David McCarron, Connor William.

Father:

Robert Louis Tench

Mother:

Mildred Evelyn (Ehrler) Tench

Spouse:

Mary Louise Powers

child:

Connor William Tench

child:

David McCarron Tench