Background
Friedrich, Robert Edmund was born on July 16, 1918 in Pittsburgh. Son of Henry Nicholas and Hildagard Caroline (Schauwecker) Friedrich.
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Robert Edmund Friedrich, American electrical engineer, corporate consultant. Elder Presbyterian Church and Christian Retreat, since 1985, chairman community committee, since 1988. Life fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (member switchgear committee 1954-1985, power circuit breaker committee, 1954-1989, chairman power circuit breaker committee 1970-1974).
Education
Bachelor of Science in Physics and Engineering, University Pittsburgh, 1940. Master of Science in Physics, University Pittsburgh, 1953.
Career
Research assistant, Mellon Institute Industrial Research, Pittsburgh, 1940;
advanced development engineer, Westinghouse Elec. Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1940-1962;
manager advanced development engineering, Westinghouse Elec. Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1962-1975;
consultant, Westinghouse Elec.
Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1975-1980. Consultant, 1960-1970. Part-time professor of University Pittsburgh.
Achievements
Membership
Elder Presbyterian Church and Christian Retreat, since 1985, chairman community committee, since 1988. Life fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (member switchgear committee 1954-1985, power circuit breaker committee, 1954-1989, chairman power circuit breaker committee 1970-1974).
Connections
Married Mary Ellen Forsell (deceased 1999). Children: Robert Edmund Junior, Dennis Warren, Norman Theodore. Married Melissa A. Stewart, 2000.
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Died
December 16, 2002 (aged 84)
Education
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1940
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1953