Background
Crone, Robert Kirsten Mac was born on September 28, 1933 in Johannesburg, Republic South Africa. Came to the United States, 1960. Son of Ian Douglas and Dorothy Helen (Kirsten) Mac Crone.
Crone, Robert Kirsten Mac was born on September 28, 1933 in Johannesburg, Republic South Africa. Came to the United States, 1960. Son of Ian Douglas and Dorothy Helen (Kirsten) Mac Crone.
Master of Science, University Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy, University Oxford, England, 1958.
Postdoctoral research associate University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1960-1962, assistant professor, 1962-1967. Associate professor Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1967-1974, professor materials engineering, since 1974, professor physics, since 1980. Consultant Livermore (California) Laboratories, since 1984.
President, board directors Howack Technologies, Troy, since 1985.
Member American Ceramic Society, American Physical Society, National Institute Ceramic Engineers.
Married Anita Janet Mac Crone, December 17, 1959. Children: Ann-Marie, Robert Lloyd Lawrence, Janice Kirsten.