Robert Irving Walter

Background

Walter, Robert Irving was born on March 12, 1920 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles Weller and Frances (Riethmiller) Walter.

Education

AB, Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, 1941. Master of Arts, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1949.

Career

Instructor, U. Colorado, 1949-1951; Instructor, U. Connecticut, 1953-1955; research associate, Rutgers University, 1951-1953; associate physicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1955-1956; member of faculty, Haverford College, 1956-1968; professor of chemistry, Haverford College, 1963-1968; professor, University of Illinois, Chicago, since 1968; professor emeritus, University of Illinois, Chicago, since 1990. Visiting lecturer Stanford (California) U., winter 1967. Academic guest U. Zurich,1976.

United States NAS exchange visitor to Romania, 1982, 88.

Achievements

• Robert Irving Walter has been listed as a noteworthy Chemistry educator, chemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Advisory Council College Chemistry, 1966-1970. Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Member American Chemical Society (visiting scientist division chemical education 1964-1973), Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Farideh Asghari, October 17, 1973.

Father:

Charles Weller Walter

Mother:

Frances (Riethmiller) Walter

Spouse:

Farideh Asghari