Background
Good, Robert James was born on August 13, 1920 in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States.
Good, Robert James was born on August 13, 1920 in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States.
Bachelor in Chemistry, Amherst College, 1942; Master of Science in Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 1943; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, University of Michigan, 1950.
Chemist, Dow Chemical Company, Pittsburg, California, 1943-1944;
chemist, American Cyanamid & Chemical Company, Azusa, California, 1944-1946;
research chemist, Monsanto Chemical Company, Anniston, Alabama, 1949-1953;
associate professor applied science, U. Cincinnati, 1953-1957;
senior scientist Space Science Laboratory, General dynamics corporation, San Diego, 1957-1964;
professor chemical engineering, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1964-1991;
professor emeritus, State University of New York, Buffalo, since 1991;
member Surface Science Center and Center for Biosurfaces, State University of New York, Buffalo, since 1985;
member steering committee Surface Science Center, State University of New York, Buffalo, since 1985. Visiting professor of chemistry U. Bristol, England, 1970, City U., London, 1971, Imperial College, London, 1980, The Kendall Lexington (Massachusetts) Laboratory, The Colgate Corporation, 1986. Visiting scientist Institute for Arthritis, Metabolism and Digestive Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Washington, 1979.
Chairman Gordon Conference on Chemistry at Interfaces, 1975.
Member American Chemical Society (Colloid or Surface Chemistry award 1976, Jacob R. Schoellkopf medal 1979. Chairman San Diego section 1961-1962, member national colloid symposium committee 1966, chairman 41st symposium 1966, general chairman 51st annual symposium 1977. National councilor Western New York section 1974-1982), Chemical Society, Adhesion Society (Excellence award 1996), National Association Corrosion Engineers, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi (chairman Buffalo section 1975-1976).