Robert Graham Melton

Background

Melton, Robert Graham was born on February 1, 1954 in Brevard, North Carolina, United States. Son of Robert Witcher and Susan Ethel (Graham) Melton.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Physics, Wake Forest University, 1976. Master of Science in Physics, University Virginia, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Physics, University Virginia, 1982.

Career

Research assistant, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1978-1981; assistant professor aerospace engineering, Pennsylvania State University, State College, 1981-1987; associate professor aerospace engineering, Pennsylvania State University, since 1987. Consultant in field.

Achievements

• Robert Graham Melton has been listed as a noteworthy Aerospace engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate). Member American Astronomical Society, Sigma Xi, Sigma Pi Sigma, Omicron Delta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: amateur radio, reading, bicycling.

Connections

Married Terry Webster Weary, June 24, 1978. Children: Kathleen Moss, John Gregory.

Father:

Robert Witcher Melton

Mother:

Susan Ethel (Graham) Melton

Spouse:

Terry Webster Weary

child:

Kathleen Moss Melton

child:

John Gregory Melton