Background
Ackerman, Robert Lloyd was born on September 3, 1925 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Lloyd William and Anne Stella (Saul) Ackerman.
environmental tree farmer chemical engineer
Ackerman, Robert Lloyd was born on September 3, 1925 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Lloyd William and Anne Stella (Saul) Ackerman.
BSChE, University Pittsburgh, 1947.
Technology supervisor Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, Creighton, Pennsylvania, 1948—1952. Chemical engineer Koppers Company, Inc., Pittsburgh, 1952—1957. Senior chemical engineer Arabian American Oil Corporation, New York City, Saudi Arabia, 1957—1975.
Senior commg. engineer 8 oil desalting plants Oil Service Company of Iran, Ahwas, 1975—1977. Senior design-commg. engineer Balikpapan oil refinery, Murchison and Beryl B Northsea oil/gas producing platforms, also Ok Tedi gold/copper refinery, Bechtel International, Inc., London, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, 1978-1984. Tree farmer New Alexandria, Pennsylvania, since 1984.
Vice president Westmoreland Woodlands Improvement Association, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, since 1990. Associate director Westmoreland Conservation District, Greensburg, since 1993. Treasurer Penn West conference United Church of Christ, Greensburg, since 1994.
President county Trinity Church, Greensburg, 1996-1997. Active Amnesty International, The Wilderness Society, Sierra Club, Baltzer Meyer History Society, German American National Congress, National Trust History Preservation. Member AIChE, Sigma Tau.
Married Margaret Dorothy Ansty, May 30, 1959. Children: Julia Anne Ackerman Glenister, Janet Deborah Ackerman Fuhrmeister, Robert Peter.