Background
II, Robert Lee Vandevender was born on November 16, 1958 in Muncie, Indiana, United States. Son of Robert Lee and Evelyn June (Matthews) V.
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Robert Lee Vandevender II
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Education
Graduate, Naval Nuclear Power School, Orlando, Florida graduate, Nuclear Power Training Unit, West Milton, New York, 1979; graduate, Naval Engineering Laboratory Technician School, West Milton, 1979; AS, Mohegan Community College, Norwich, Connecticut, l983; graduate, General Electric Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow School, 1986; certified achievement, Joliet Junior College, l986; graduate, General Electric Senior Reactor Operator School, 1986.
Career
Lead engineering laboratory technician, staff instructor Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, unites states department Defense, West Milton, 1979-1981;
senior reactor operator, simulator instructor, General Electric Nuclear Training Superior vena cava syndrome, Morris, Illinois, l985-87;
senior lead engineer, nuclear engineering consultant, ABB Impell Corporation, Melville, New York, 1991-1993;
nuclear engineering consultant, Megan Corporation, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1993-1994;
nuclear engineering consultant, Primera Engineers, Inc., Chicago, 1994-1995;
nuclear engineering consultant, Estes Corporation, Joliet, Illinois, 1995-1998;
co-founder, V-Team, Inc., Channahon, Illinois, since 1997;
co-founder, co-owner, American Paper Connection, Inc., Joliet
co-founder, Global Distribution System Associations, Downers Grove, Illinois, since 1999. Administrative coordinator, consultant Davis Besse Nuclear Power Station, Toledo Edison, 1987-1988. Administrative consultant, supervisor operations support Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, Oswego, New York, 1988-1990.
Lead engineering consultant design baseline compilation Philadelphia Electric Company, King of Prussia, 1991. Engineering consultant final safety analysis Zion (Illinois) Nuclear Station Commonwealth Edison Company 1991, lead engineer dual fire protectionsentry procedure development, 1993. Engineering consultant Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Cordova, Illinois, 1994, Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Morris, Illinois, 1994-1996.
Project manager Dresden Station, Illinois Department Nuclear Safety, 1997. Engineering consultant Technology Specification Upgrade Project, Zion Station, 1996, supervisor operations procedures group, 1997-1998. Field representative Industry Technology Expertise Center, Downers Grove, Illinois, since 1998.
Achievements
Membership
Volunteer examiner Federal Communication Commission, Gettysburg, since 1985. Merit badge counselor Boy Scouts American, Muncie, 1983. With United States Navy, 1977-1985, Indiana Guard Reserve, 1975-1976, United States Naval Reserve, 1976-1977, 85-87.
Member American Legion, American Nuclear Society (life), American Radio Relay League (life, assistant technical coordinator 1985-1987), International Platform Association, American Numismatic Association (life), Veterans of Foreign Wars (life), Masons, Scottish Rite (life), Odd Fellows (grand ruler Indiana 1975-1976, president region X 1975-1976, representative to United Nations Pilgrimage for Youth 1976), NRA (life), Society Paper Money Collectors (life).
Interests
Connections
Married Laura Jo Longfellow, June 11, 1977 (divorced July 1990). Children: Holly Suzanne, Robert Lee III, Bryan Matthew. Married Deborah Ann Kieffer, September 26, 1992.
