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Creagan, Robert Joseph was born on August 24, 1919 in Rockford, Illinois, United States. Son of Paul Thomas and Mary (Sullivan) Creagan.
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Robert Joseph Creagan
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Robert Joseph Creagan, American consulting nuclear engineer. Served to lieutenant (senior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946, PTO; Fellow American Nuclear Society (chairman power group 1963-1964); member National Academy Engineering Clubs: Gateway Heights (chairman 1968), Racquet (Monroeville, Pennsylvania).
Education
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1942. Master of Science in Physics, Yale University, 1943. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1949.
Postgraduate in electronics, Harvard University, 1943. Postgraduate in radar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Career
Manager nuclear engineering, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1949-1957; assistant technical director nuclear engineering, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1961-1972; director technical assessment, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1972-1978; construction engineering, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1978-1984; retired, 1984; director nuclear programs, Bendix Corporation, Detroit, 1957-1961. Former director Advanced Reactor Development Corporation, Detroit.
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Membership
Served to lieutenant (senior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946, PTO. Fellow American Nuclear Society (chairman power group 1963-1964). Member National Academy Engineering Clubs: Gateway Heights (chairman 1968), Racquet (Monroeville, Pennsylvania).
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Married Irene Marie Tkacs, August 21, 1948 (deceased April 1984). Children– Susan, Robert Joseph II, Mary, Timothy.
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