Background
Kroc, Robert Louis was born on June 19, 1907 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Louis and Rose Mary (Hrach) Kroc.
Kroc, Robert Louis was born on June 19, 1907 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Louis and Rose Mary (Hrach) Kroc.
Bachelor, Oberlin College, 1929. Master of Arts, Oberlin College, 1931. Honorary Doctor of Science, Oberlin College, 1979.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1933.
Instructor zoology University Indiana at Bloomington, 1933-1938, assistant professor, 1938-1944. Director biological research Maltine Company, Chilcott Laboratories, Morris Plains, New Jersey, 1944-1952. Director physiology Warner-Lambert Research Institute, 1952-1969.
President Kroc Foundation, Santa Barbara, California, 1969-1985.
Member alumni board Oberlin College, 1948-1952. Fellow New York Academy of Sciences (chairman biology medicine 1959-1961). Member American Diabetes Association (director), National Multiple Sclerosis Society, American Thyroid Association (president 1971-1972, director), Endocrine Society, American Physiological Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Clubs: Rotarian.
Married Alice Voelker, November 29, 1934. Children: Alice Ann Kroc Hattemer, Lois Sandra.