Robert Imroden Tenney

Background

Tenney, Robert Imroden was born on November 15, 1910 in Decatur, Illinois, United States. Son of Ralph Mead and Susanne (Imboden) Tenney.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, University of Illinois, 1932.

Career

Production manager, Rockford (Illinois) Brewing Company, 1932-1934; chemist, Best Malt Products Company, Chicago, 1934-1936; technical director, vice president, Wahl-Henius Institute, Chicago, 1936-1941; president, Wahl-Henius Institute, Chicago, 1941-1958; vice president, technical director, Fleischman Matling Company, Chicago, 1958-1966; executive vice president, Fleischman Matling Company, Chicago, 1966-1968; vice president, Tenney Associations, Winnetka, Illinois, since 1968; vice president, Bio Pure, Inc., Frankfort, Illinois, since 1980.

Achievements

• Robert Imroden Tenney has been listed as a noteworthy Chemical executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Lieutenant colonel United States Army. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society for Quality Control. Member American Chemical Society (emeritus), Institute Food Technologists (emeritus), American Society Brewing Chemists (president), Master Brewers Association, Society Industrial Microbiologists, Chicago Chemists Club, Theta Chi. M C.

Connections

Married Sigrid S. Carlson, July 27, 1935. Children: Sally-Sue Tobias, Carla T. Applegate, Lynne L. Lufen.

Father:

Ralph Mead Tenney

Mother:

Susanne (Imboden) Tenney

Spouse:

Sigrid S. Carlson

child:

Carla T. Applegate Tenney

child:

Sally-Sue Tobias Tenney

child:

Lynne L. Lufen Tenney