Background
Gay, Robert Laird was born on March 9, 1940 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Walter Hamilton and Virginia (MacLaurine) Gay.
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Robert Laird Gay
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Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Rhodes College, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy in Organic Chemistry, Duke U., 1967.
Career
Postdoctoral research associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1966-1967; senior research chemist, Borg-Warner Corporation, Des Plaines, Illinois, 1967-1971; assistant director, Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group, Portland, 1971-1973; special assistant to director, senior policy analyst, Oregon Department Environmental Quality, Portland, 1973-1979; sole proprietor, Robert L. Gay, Doctor of Philosophy, Cons., Portland, 1979-1981; senior scientist, manager environmental assessment program, Nero & Associations, Inc., Portland, 1981-1987; sole proprietor, Robert L. Gay, Doctor of Philosophy, Cons., Portland, since 1988. Governor's appointee N.W. Energy Policy Project, Portland, 1974-1976, Oreg.Dept. Environmental Quality representative Governor's Outer Continental Shelf Oil & GasTask Force, Salem, Oregon, 1974-1975.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman environmental and energy committee City Club of Portland, 1988. Co-founder, chairman Natural Resources Discussion Group, Portland, 1976-1978. Terwilliger shc. representative Wilson Cluster School Closure Study Committee, Portland, 1976-1978.
Member Air & Waste Management Association, American Industrial Hygiene Association (full), American Chemical Society, National Waterwell Association, National Asbestos Council.
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Married Sarah Mitchell Cunningham, June 8, 1963 (divorced September 1984). Children: Robert Anthony, Margo MacLaurine.
