Background
Sr., Robert Gary Cheatham was born on October 30, 1926 in Agana, Guam. Son of Thomas Pope and Mary Isabelle (Powers) C.
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Robert Gary Cheatham Sr.
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Education
Bachelor of Science, The Citadel, 1947; Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1950; Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1957.
Career
Manager chemical division, Wasco Chemical-American Cyamid, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1953-1957; director plastics division, D.S. Kennedy Company Electronics Speciality, Cohasset, Massachusetts, 1957-1959; president, technical director, Materials Technology Inc., East Natick, Massachusetts, 1959-1964; principal scientist Center Research Laboratory, United Aircraft, East Hartford, Connecticut, 1964-1967; unit chief chemical technical, Boeing Airplane Company, Seattle, 1967-1977; chief composites materials, Sikorsky Aircraft, Stratford, Connecticut, 1978-1988; professor, U. Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1988-1992. Consultant Oneida (New York) Silversmith, Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, California, 1970-1974. Lecturer in field.
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Membership
Assistant coach Newport Hills Soccer Association, Seattle, 1970-1976, NewportHills Basketball Association, Seattle, 1970-1977. Assistant Newport Hills Boy Scouts American, Seattle. First lieutenant United States Army, 1947-1955.
Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (materials committee, manager technical program Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara conference), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Metals (plastics materials advisory board Detroit chapter 1985-1989), Air Force Association, Powder Metallurgy Society (vice president San Francisco chapter 1964-1967), Society Aerospace Materials and Process Engineers (vice president Seattle chapter 1970-1972), Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Lillian Catharine Mileski, January 17, 1957. Children: Robert Gary Junior, Thomas Neville.
