Background

Edgerton, Robert Frank was born on May 10, 1935 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Harold Eugene and Esther May (Garrett) Edgerton.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, U. Rochester, 1962.

Career

Assistant professor physics, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1963-1966; postdoctoral associate, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1966-1968; associate professor physics, U. Maine, Orono, 1968-1971; teacher physics, Roeper City and Country School, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1971-1974; associate professor, Lawrence Institute Technology, Southfield, Michigan, 1974-1977; senior scientist, Energy Conversion Devices, Troy, Michigan, 1980-1987; consultant, Ovonic Imaging Systems, Troy, 1987-1990; staff scientist, Airco Coating Technology, Concord, California, 1990-1994; retired.

Achievements

• Robert Frank Edgerton has been listed as a notable Optical scientist, physics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Optical Society American (president, vice president, program chairman Detroit section 1980-1987).

Connections

Married Elizabeth Rose Lowe, August 15, 1959. Children: Eric Franz, Nina Adele, Sylvia Lowe.

Father:

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Mother:

Esther May (Garrett) Edgerton

Spouse:

Elizabeth Rose Lowe

child:

Eric Franz Edgerton

child:

Nina Adele Edgerton

child:

Sylvia Lowe Edgerton