Background
Harris, Robert Lee was born on July 18, 1924 in Hollister, Missouri, United States.
environmental engineering educator
Harris, Robert Lee was born on July 18, 1924 in Hollister, Missouri, United States.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering magna cum laude, University ARk., 1949. Master of Science in Environmental Engineering, Harvard University, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University North Carolina, 1972.
Junior engineer division industrial hygiene, United States Public Health Service, Cincinnati, 1949-1950;
assistant engineer environmental health center, United States Public Health Service, Cincinnati, 1950-1952;
engineer division special health services, United States Public Health Service, Washington, Louisville
engineer division special health services, United States Public Health Service, Cincinnati, 1952-1957;
engineer division occupational health, United States Public Health Service, Salt Lake City, 1957-1960;
chief engineering section division occupational health, United States Public Health Service, Cincinnati, 1960-1964;
chief field investigations National Air Pollution Control, United States Public Health Service, Cincinnati, 1964-1968;
director Bureau Abatement and Control, United States Public Health Service, Durham, North Carolina, 1968-1970;
associate professor environmental engineering, U. North Carolina School Public Health, Chapel Hill, 1973-1975;
professor, U. North Carolina School Public Health, Chapel Hill, 1976-1989;
professor environmental engineering emeritus department environmental science and engineering, U. North Carolina School Public Health, Chapel Hill, since 1990. Member safety and occupational health study section National Institute Occupational Safety and Health, 1978-1982. Member of advisory board Environmental Science and Technology,1980-1982, member North Carolina Environmental Management Commission, 1981-1987.
Member North Carolina Radiation Protection Commission, 1982-1987. Member board science counselors National Institute Occupational Safety and Health, 1984-1987. Member acrylonitrile advisory panel National Cancer Institute/National Institute Occupational Safety and Health, 1987-1997;consultant reproductive health study, science advisory panel Semicondr.
IndustryAssn., 1988-1992. Member of advisory panel Environmental Health Sciences Research Center, College of Medicine, U. Iowa, since 1989, science advisory board, subcommittee nonionizing electric and magnetic fields, Environmental Protection Agency, since 1990, epidemiology review board E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, since 1991. Chairman of Commission low-level radioactive waste siting North Carolina Academy Sciences, 1988-1989, chairman science advisory board toxic air pollutants North Carolina Department Environmental, Health and Natural Resources, 1990-1992.
Member of advisory committee energy-related epidemiologic research Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, since 1992. Member State of New York Department Health Expert Advisory Committee for Love Canal Health Studies, since 1998.
Fighter pilot United States Army, 1943-1945. Member American Conference Governmental Industrial Hygienists (Meritorious Achievement award 1991), American Academy Industrial Hygiene (Henry F. Smyth award 1985), American Inds. Hygiene Association (Cummings Memorial award 1994), British Occupational Hygiene Society, North Carolina Academy of Sciences, Society Occupational and Environmental Health (governing council 1977-1980), Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi (Special Service award 1971), Delta Omega, Omicron Delta Kappa, Alpha Chi Sigma.
Married Peggy Louise Sellers. Children: Linda Harris Edmisten, James Andrew, Robert Jonathan.