Robert Lawrence Potter

Background

Potter, Robert Lawrence was born on July 27, 1943 in Buffalo. Son of William Ervin and Mildred Katharine (Poppenberg) Potter.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering summa cum laude, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1964. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1965.

Career

With electronic switching development department Bell Telephone laboratories, Naperville, Illinois and Holmdel, New Jersey, 1964-1969, operator systems design, 1969-1977. Assistant manager exchange systems design American Telephone & Telegraph Company, Parsippany, New Jersey, 1977-1979, supervisor product development, public services marketing, 1979-1980, operator systems planning Bell Telephone laboratories, Naperville, Illinois, 1980-1984, head remote digital switching development American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories, 1984-1985, 5ESS Switch Software applications department, 1986-1987, with syustems engineering department, 1987-1996, speech processing department Lucent Technologies, 1996. Named Student Engineer of Year, Erie Countychpt.

New York State Society Professional Engineers.

Achievements

• Robert Lawrence Potter has been listed as a noteworthy communications company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Religion

Salvation is not based on an individual's fulfillment of God’s commands, but rather on Christ's fulfillment of them and of being united with him through faith.

Membership

Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior ), Association Computing Machinery, United States Power Squadrons (senior ), Phi Eta Sigma, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Louise Marie Hayek Potter, February 3, 1968. Children: Amy Katherine, Eric Rudolph, Rebecca Louise.

Father:

William Ervin Potter

Mother:

Mildred Katharine (Poppenberg) Potter

Spouse:

Louise Marie Hayek Potter

child:

Amy Katherine Potter

child:

Eric Rudolph Potter

child:

Rebecca Louise Potter