Robert John Armstrong

Background

Armstrong, Robert John was born on August 3, 1911 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Robert Elgin and Helen Florence (Valbracht) Armstrong.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Missouri, Rolla, 1948. Master of Science, University Texas, 1949.

Career

With Cook Paint & Varnish Company, Kansas City, 1935—1938, Detroit, 1938—1941. Instructor University Texas, Austin, 1948—1950. Heat transfer consultant E.I. duPont de Nemours & Company, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, 1950—1976.

1st lieutenant artillery United States Air Force, 1941-1945.

Achievements

• Robert John Armstrong has been listed as a noteworthy chemical engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (chairman committee unfired heat-transfer equipment 1960-1963), American National Standards Institute (chairman subcommittee heat exchangers 1959-1972), American Institute Chemical Engineers, Mason Club (32 degree, K.T.), Alpha Chi Sigma, Omega Chi Epsilon, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Tau Beta Pi.

Connections

Married Helen Brady Armstrong, May 26, 1946. Children: Martha Sue, Robert Clyde.

Father:

Robert Elgin Armstrong

Mother:

Helen Florence (Valbracht) Armstrong

Spouse:

Helen Brady Armstrong

child:

Robert Clyde Armstrong

child:

Martha Sue Armstrong