Robert Franklin Farmer III

Background

III, Robert Franklin Farmer was born on January 1, 1942 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of Robert Franklin and Myra Mae (Selden) F.

Education

Bachelor in Chemistry, Rice U., 1963; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, Tulane University, 1967.

Career

Chemist, Shell Development Company, Houston, 1967-1970; director surfactant research, Alcolac, Inc., Baltimore, 1970-1973; director chemical research department, Gillette Research Institute, Rockville, Maryland., 1973-1983; assistant director polymer research department, The Gillette Company, Boston, 1983-1987; director new product research, Alberto Culver company, Melrose Park, Illinois, 1987-1990; department head industrial surfactants, Akzo Nobel Control Research Institute, Dobbs Ferry, New York, 1990-1996; manager technical service and development, Akzo Nobel Chemical, Chicago, since 1996.

Achievements

• Robert Franklin Farmer III has been listed as a noteworthy Chemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Washington Academy of Sciences. Member American Chemical Society, Society Cosmetic Chemists (program chairman 1988-1989), American Oil Chemists Society, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocation: amateur radio.

Connections

Married Lidia Alicia Roche, February 5, 1976 (divorced July 1982). Married Elizabeth Ann Trainor, May 14, 1983;children: Joseph, Stacey, Mary.

Father:

Robert Franklin F.

Mother:

Myra Mae (Selden) F.

Spouse:

Elizabeth Ann Trainor

Spouse:

Lidia Alicia Roche

child:

Stacey III

child:

Mary III

child:

Joseph III