Background
Flagg, Robert Finch was born on March 6, 1933 in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Donald Fairbanks and Helen Constance (Finch) Flagg.
Flagg, Robert Finch was born on March 6, 1933 in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Donald Fairbanks and Helen Constance (Finch) Flagg.
Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959. Master of Science in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Physics, University Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1967.
Teaching assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1959; research associate, U. Toronto, 1964-1967; program manager, Physics International Company, San Leandro, California, 1967-1968; director research, Holex Inc., Hollister, California, 1968-1971; vice president technical operations, X-Demex Corporation, Dublin, California, 1972-1979; program manager, Artec Associations, Hayward, California, 1979-1980; manager ordnance engineering, Tracor Aerospace, San Ramon, California, 1980-1984; technical director, Tracor Aerospace, Camden, Arkansas, 1986-1990; director International Rectifier countermeasures, Bermite division Whittaker Corporation, Saugus, California, 1984-1985; R & D scientist, Lockheed Advanced aeronautics, Valencia, California, 1985-1986; senior engineering specialist, Aerojet Ordnance, Downey, California, 1991-1994; senior engineer, Hi-Shear Technology Corporation, Torrance, California, since 1994.
Staff sergeant United States Air Force, 1950-1954. Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Defense Preparedness Association, Society Explosives Engineers, International Pyrotechnic Society, Sigma Gamma Tau.
Married Lois-Ann Davis Laughton, June 14, 1958 (divorced 1975). Children: Scott, Susan, Marc.