Background
Farland, Robert Harold Mc was born on January 10, 1918 in Severy, Kansas, United States. Son of Robert Eugene and Georgia (Simpson) McFarland.
Farland, Robert Harold Mc was born on January 10, 1918 in Severy, Kansas, United States. Son of Robert Eugene and Georgia (Simpson) McFarland.
Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts, Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, 1940; the Master of Philisophy (Mendenhall fellow), University of Wisconsin, 1943; Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1947.
Science instructor, coach high school, Chase, Kansas, 1940-1941;
instructor navy radio school, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1943-1944;
senior engineer, Sylvania Elec. Corporation, 1944-1946;
faculty, Kansas State University, 1947-1960;
professor physics, Kansas State University, 1954-1960;
director nuclear laboratory, Kansas State University, 1958-1960;
physicist, University of California Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, 1960-1969;
dean, Graduate School, U. Missouri, Rolla, 1969-1979;
director institutional analysis and planning, Graduate School, U. Missouri, Rolla, 1979-1982;
professor physics, U. Missouri, Rolla, 1969-1984;
professor emeritus physics Department, University Missouri, Rolla, since 1985;
vice president academic affairs, U. Missouri System, 1974-1975;
Intergovtl. Personnel Act appointee, Department Energy, Washington, 1982-1984;
visiting professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1980-1981.
Member Graduate Record Examinations Board, 1971-1975, chairman steering committee, 1972-1973. Consultant Well Surveys, Inc., Tulsa, 1953-1954, Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, 1955-1959, Kansas Department Public Health, 1956-1957, consultant in residence Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, University of California, 1957, 58, 59, medical physics U. Oklahoma Med.Sch., 1971, graduate schools, Doctor of Philosophy physics program, Utah State University, 1972. Physicist, regional counselor Office Ordnance Research, Durham, North Carolina, 1955.
Active Boy Scouts American, since 1952, member executive board San Francisco Bay Area council, 1964-1968, Ozark Council, since 1986. Chairman Livermore (California) Library Bond drive, 1964. Member Kansas National Guard, 1936-1940.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, Kiwanis International. Member American Association of University Professors (chapter president 1956-1957), American Association Physics Teachers, Missouri Academy of Sciences, Missouri Association Physical Science Teachers, American Society Engineering Education, Kiwanis (lieutenant governor Missouri-Arkansas district 1984-1985, international accredited representative 1985-1992, Distinguished Lieutenant Governor 1985, Tablet of honor award 1997, 50 Year Perfect Attendance pin 2003), Sigma Xi, Lambda Delta Lambda, Xi Phi, Kappa Mu Epsilon, Kappa Delta Pi, Pi Mu Epsilon, Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Twilah Mae Seefeld, August 28, 1940. Children: Robert Alan, Rodney Jon.