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Bragg, Robert Henry was born on August 11, 1919 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Son of Robert Henry and Lilly Camille (McFarland) Bragg.
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Robert Henry Bragg, American physicist, researcher. Decorated Bronze star (2); recipient Distinguished award Northern California section American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, 1970, citation University California, Berkeley, 1996; J. William Fulbright research fellow, Nigeria, 1992-1993.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, 1949. Master of Science, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, 1960.
Career
Associate physicist research laboratory Portland Cement Association, Skokie, Illinois, 1951-1956. Senior physicist physics division Armour Research Foundation Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, 1956-1961. Senior member, manager physical metallurgy department Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory, Palo Alto, California, 1961-1969.
Professor materials science University California, Berkeley, 1969-1987, chairman department materials science and mineral engineering, 1978-1981, professor emeritus, since 1987. Faculty senior scientist Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 1969-1987, emeritus since 1987. Member materials research advisory committee National Science Foundation, 1982-1986.
Program director division materials research United States Department Energy, 1981-1982. Consultant International Business Machines Corporation, Siemens-Allis, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, National Research Council. Visiting professor Musashi Institute of Technology, Tokyo, 1989, Howard University, 1979.
Delegate 2d Edward Bouchet International Conference, Accra, Ghana, 1990. Researcher Michigan University, Howard University, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Collaborative Access Team, 1999.
Achievements
Membership
President Palo Alto National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1967-1968. With United States Army, 1943-1946. Fellow National Society of Black Physicists.
Member American Association of University Professors, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, American Ceramics Society (chairman Northern California section 1980), American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers (chairman Northern California section 1970), American Carbon Society, American Society Metals, Northern California Council Black Professional Engineers, National Technology Association, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Pi Sigma., American Crystallographic Association.
Connections
Married Violette Mattie McDonald, June 14, 1947. Children: Robert Henry, Pamela.
Awards
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Decorated Bronze star (2). Recipient Distinguished award Northern California section American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, 1970, citation University California, Berkeley, 1996. J. William Fulbright research fellow, Nigeria, 1992-1993.Decorated Bronze star (2). Recipient Distinguished award Northern California section American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, 1970, citation University California, Berkeley, 1996. J. William Fulbright research fellow, Nigeria, 1992-1993.