Background
Jeffries, Robert Joseph was born on January 6, 1923 in Norwalk, Connecticut, United States. Son of Charles William and Christine (Jacobsen) Jeffries.
engineering educator business executive
Jeffries, Robert Joseph was born on January 6, 1923 in Norwalk, Connecticut, United States. Son of Charles William and Christine (Jacobsen) Jeffries.
Bachelor of Science, University Connecticut, 1944. Master of Science, University Connecticut, 1946. Doctor of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 1948.
Engineer, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1944-1946;
instructor, Johns Hopkins University, 1946-1948;
research associate, North Carolina State College, 1948-1949;
associate professor, Michigan State University, 1949-1954;
technical planning adviser, Schlumberger Instrument Company, 1954-1955;
assistant to president, Daystrom, Inc., 1955-1957;
president, founder, Data-Control System, Inc., 1957-1966;
Chairman of the Board, Data-Control System, Inc., 1966-1968;
professor, U. Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1968-1975, retired;
founder, director, Ednl. & Technology Cons., Inc., 1953-1957. Vice-president, director TJB Resources Inc., 1972-1988.
Director emeritus Evergreen Fund Family. Vice president, founder Foundation Instrumentation Edition and Research, 1958-1966;fellow-in-residence Edgar Cayce Foundation, Virginia Beach, Virginia, 1981-1988. Professor Atlantic U., 1986-1990.
Trustee American Unitarian Association, Community Church College, Sun City Center, Tampa Bay Community Foundation, SCC council. Fellow National Research Council. Member Instrument Society of America (president 1957-1958), Association Research and Enlightenment (trustee), Connecticut Commission for Higher Education (vice chairman), University Connecticut Engineering Alumni Association (president 1969-1971), Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu.
Married Anna Darling Cumming, October 13, 1945. Children: Christine Darling, Bruce Cumming.