Background
Cochran, Robert Glenn was born on July 12, 1919 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Lucian Glenn and Daisy P. (Wachstetter) Cochran.
Cochran, Robert Glenn was born on July 12, 1919 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Lucian Glenn and Daisy P. (Wachstetter) Cochran.
Bachelor, Indiana University, 1948. Master of Science, Indiana University, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University, 1957.
Physicist Ohio State Health Department, 1950. Physicist, group leader Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1950-1955. Director research reactor, associate professor Pennsylvania State University, 1955-1959.
Professor, head department nuclear engineering Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, College Station, 1959-1983, professor, 1983-1996, emeritus professor for life, since 1996. Visiting professor nuclear engineering Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, since 1985. Consultant United States Air Force, United States Atomic Energy Commission, National Research Council.
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Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945. Fellow American Nuclear Society. Member American Physical Society, American Society Engineering Education (life), Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Lodges: Mason.
Married Mary Olive Worland, March 1945. 1 son, Robert Glenn.