Robert Linn Somerville

Background

Somerville, Robert Linn was born on September 22, 1916 in La Grange County, Indiana, United States. Son of Milo Linn and Edith (Weedman) Somerville.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Worcester (Massachusetts) Polytechnic Institute, 1938.

Career

Plant engineer, Stauffer Chemical Company, Chester, Pennsylvania, 1939-1951; plant superintendent manager, Stauffer Chemical Company, Monongahela, Pennsylvania, 1939-1951; project engineer, Stauffer Chemical Company, Ardsley, New York, 1939-1951; process, project engineer, Singmaster & Breyer, New York City, 1951-1968; independent consultant, Robert L. Somerville & Association, Neshanic, New Jersey, since 1968. Owner, president Landskrona International Inc., 1972-1985.

Achievements

• Achievements include numerous patents in field including Edge-Flo Filter, Improved Design for Wet Process Phosphoric Acid Production, Process for Solvent Drying Hydrophilic Ores by Azeotropic, Multiple Effect Evaporation and others.

Membership

Member American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Society Mining Engineers, American Institute Mining Engineers, Mining Club.

Connections

Married June 10, 1939. Children: Thomas Frank, David James, Richard Alan.

Father:

Milo Linn Somerville

Mother:

Edith (Weedman) Somerville

Spouse:

June 10

child:

Richard Alan Somerville

child:

David James Somerville

child:

Thomas Frank Somerville