Robert James Gehrke

Background

Gehrke, Robert James was born on November 20, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Education

Bachelor of Science, DePaul University, Chicago, 1962; Master of Science, U. Nevada, Reno, 1966.

Career

Physicist, Phillips Petroleum Company, Idaho Falls, Idaho., 1965-1966; senior physicist, Idaho Nuclear Corporation, Idaho Falls, 1966-1971; associate scientist, Aerojet Nuclear Corporation, Idaho Falls, 1971-1976; science specialist, Edgerton, Germeshauser, and Greer Idaho Inc., Idaho Falls, 1976-1985; unit manager, Edgerton, Germeshauser, and Greer Idaho Inc., Idaho Falls, 1985-1991; science specialist, Edgerton, Germeshauser, and Greer Idaho Inc., Idaho Falls, 1991-1994; science specialist, Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies Company, Idaho Falls, 1994-1995; consultant scientist, Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies Company, Idaho Falls, since 1995. Instructor U. Idaho Ext., Idaho Falls, since 1977. Project leader American National Studies Institute.

International Atomic Energy Agency expert assignment to Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science Republic of Korea, 1992.

Achievements

• Robert James Gehrke has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Bonneville Association for Retarded Citizens, Idaho Falls, 1969-1970, Idaho Association for Retarded Citizens, Boise, 1970-1971. Member American Nuclear Society (secretary environmental science division 1990-1995, treasurer 1993-1994, newsletter editor 1990-1993, treasurer isotopes and radiation divsn.1993-1994, chair 1995-1996, vice chair/chair elect 1994-1995, chair technical programs committee isotopes and radiation division since 1998, nuclear data Chairman.1989-1992, chairman ANS-41 Studies Subcommittee on Environmental Remediation of Radioactively Contaminated Sites 1992-1997), American Chemical Society, Health Physics Society, American National Studies Institute.

Interests

• Avocations: physical fitness, hiking, skiing.

Connections

S.Wilhelm August and Gertrude Mary (Kraemer) G. Married Mary Louise Irwin, October 12, 1963. Children: Marie Therese, Julie Christine, Karen Maureen.

Spouse:

Mary Louise Irwin

child:

Karen Maureen Gehrke

child:

Julie Christine Gehrke

child:

Marie Therese Gehrke