Background
White, Robert Edward was born on August 31, 1917 in Jersey City. Son of Frank Armour and Frances (deGeorge) White.
consultant chemical engineering educator
White, Robert Edward was born on August 31, 1917 in Jersey City. Son of Frank Armour and Frances (deGeorge) White.
Butyrylcholinesterase, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1938. MChE, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1940. DChE, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1942.
Junior engineer, Vulcan Engineering, Cincinnati, 1939, 40; research engineer, York (Pennsylvania) Corporation, Pennsylvania, 1942-1947; assistant professor chemical engineering, Bucknell U., 1947-1949; associate professor, Villanova (Pennsylvania) U., 1949-1951; professor, Villanova (Pennsylvania) U., 1951-1986; professor emeritus, Villanova (Pennsylvania) U., since 1986; department chairman, Villanova (Pennsylvania) U., 1949-1983. Consultant chemical engineer petroleum, paper industries, wastewater treatment.
Chairman board Newtown (Pennsylvania) Municipal Authority, 1969-1989. Founder, chairman Citizens for Better Government, 1966-1968. Fellow American Institute of Chemical Engineers (board directors 1970-1972), Technical Association of Pulp and Paper Industry, American Society Engineering Education (chairman Mid-Atlantic section 1963-1964), Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Alpha Chi Sigma.
Married Gloria Elizabeth Ingersoll, June 12, 1943. Children: Jeffrey R., Donna L., Barbara J., Linda L., Thomas F.