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Carman, Robert Lincoln was born on January 15, 1941 in Bay Shore, New York, United States. Son of Robert Lincoln and Helen Mae (McCabe) Carman.
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Robert Lincoln Carman, American Physicist. Achievements include discovery of underlying physics limiting scale up of solid state lasers; generated first terrawatt sub picosecond pulse lasers and performed fundamental studies on self focusing phenomena using them; others in weapons and propulsion systems; 3 patents, 3 pending. Member American Physical Society, National Management Association.
Education
Bachelor in Physics, Adelphi College, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Harvard University, 1968.
Career
Staff, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, 1964-1970; group leader, Lawrence Livermore (California) National Laboratory, 1970-1974; special project leader/program manager, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, 1974-1984; program manager, Rockwell International Corporation/Rocketdyne, Canoga Park, California, since 1984. Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer, president KDC Technology, Livermore, 1982-1988. Consultant in field.
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Membership
Member American Physical Society, National Management Association.
Connections
Married Deedre Florence Norris, June 23, 1964 (divorced 1975). 1 child, Yvonne, 1 stepchild, Jennifer Lynn Mundinger. Married Constance Joan Welty, May 3, 1975.
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National Science Foundation fellow, 1961-1962. Harvard University postdoctoral fellow, 1968-1970. New York State Regents scholar, 1958-1962, Adelphi College general scholar, 1959-1962.National Science Foundation fellow, 1961-1962. Harvard University postdoctoral fellow, 1968-1970. New York State Regents scholar, 1958-1962, Adelphi College general scholar, 1959-1962.