Robert Leonard Lytton

Background

Lytton, Robert Leonard was born on October 23, 1937 in Port Arthur, Texas, United States.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, University Texas, 1960; Master of Science in Civil Engineering, University Texas, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, University Texas, 1967.

Career

Associate, Dannenbaum and Associations, Cons. Engineers, Houston, 1963-1965; United States National Science Foundation fellow, University Texas, Austin, 1965-1967; assistant professor, University Texas, Austin, 1967-1968; National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow, Australian Commonwealth Science & Industrial Research Organisation, Melbourne, Australia, 1969-1970; associate professor, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1971-1976; professor, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1976-1990; Wiley chair professor, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1990-1995; director center for infrastructure engineering, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, since 1991; Benson chair professor, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, since 1995; division head, Texas Transportation Institute, 1982-1991; head infrastructure and transportation division сivil engineering department, Texas Transportation Institute, 1993-1995. Board directors Modern Language Association laboratories, Inc., Austin, Trans-tec, Inc., Austin, Lyric Technology, Llc., Houston.

Vice president board directors MLAW Cons., Inc., Austin, since 1980, ERES Cons., Inc., Champaign, Illinois, 1981-1995. Principal investigator strategic highway research program A005 research project, 1990-1993.

Achievements

• Robert Leonard Lytton has been listed as a noteworthy Civil engineer, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member St. Vincent de Paul Society, Houston, 1963-1965, Redemptorist Lay Mission Society, Melbourne, Australia, 1969-1970. Captain United States Army, 1961-1963. Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers (John B. Hawley award Texas section 1966).

Member NSPE, Transportation Research Board (Chairman of Commission A2LO6 1987-1993), International Society for Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering (United States representative technical committee TC-6 since 1987, keynote address 7th international conference on expansive soils 1992, keynote address 1st international conference on unsaturated soils 1995), Association Asphalt Paving Technologists, Post-Tensioning Institute (advisory board), Texas Society Professional Engineers, International Society Asphalt Pavements, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Delta, Chi Epsilon, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi.

Connections

M. Robert Odell and Nora Mae (Verrett) L. Married Eleanor Marilyn Anderson, September 9, 1961. Children: Lynn Elizabeth, Robert Douglas, John Kirby.

Spouse:

Eleanor Marilyn Anderson

child:

Robert Douglas Lytton

child:

John Kirby Lytton

child:

Lynn Elizabeth Lytton