Background
Maybury, Robert Harris was born on January 29, 1923 in Lehighton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Byron Harris and Mildred (Bower) Maybury.
professional society administrator
Maybury, Robert Harris was born on January 29, 1923 in Lehighton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Byron Harris and Mildred (Bower) Maybury.
Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, Massachusetts, 1940-1944, Bachelor of Science. Boston University, 1946-1948, Master of Arts, 1948-1951, Doctor of Philosophy. Harvard University, 1951-1953, Post Doctoral Fellow.
Spoken languages: English, French.
Postdoctoral fellow, Harvard University, 1951-1953;
associate professor, U. Redlands, Redlands, California, 1954-1963;
staff member, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, France, 1963-1972;
deputy director, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Regional Office for Science & Technology in Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, 1973-1981;
managing editor of Impact, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, 1981-1983;
consultant, World Bank, Washington, 1983-1987;
executive director, International Organisation for Chemical Sciences in Development, Falls Church, Virginia, since 1988. Consultant Ford Foundation, New York City, 1973-1974. Acting executive director Harvard ProjectPhysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1969-1970.
Visiting professor Netherlands Internat.Inst. for Management, Maastricht, since 1990. Lecturer program on international development and appropriate technical University of Pennsylvania, 1992.
Lieutenant United States Navy, 1944-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Chemical Society.
Married Helen Conser, June 1, 1946. Children: John T. Carolyn Rachel McDonald, David H., Kenneth B., Joel F.