Background
Drake, Robert Lee Son of Charles Philbert Drake and Mary Drake Tubbs.
Drake, Robert Lee Son of Charles Philbert Drake and Mary Drake Tubbs.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, Los Angeles, 1950. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, Los Angeles, 1957. Doctor of Philosophy, Mississippi State University, Starkville, 1965.
Plant engineering Procter and Gamble, Buckeye Division, Memphis, 1950—1954. Professor electrical engineering Tulane University, 1954—1989. Control system engineer Space Technology Laboratories, Redondo Beach, California, 1959—1962.
System engineer International Business Machines Corporation, New Orleans, 1962—1963. Professor electrical engineering University Tennessee, Martin, 1989—1999, Christian Brothers University, Memphis, since 2000. Consultant Self Employed, New Orleans, since 1971.
With United States Navy, 1944-1946, Guam.
Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (life), American Society for Engineering Education (Gulf-sw chairman 1975-1976).
Married Tommie Sue Jackson, June 6, 2005. Children: Leigh Anne Carriere, Matt Robert, Mark Christopher, Liselle Marie McLeod.