Background
Langerhans, Robert Louis was born on January 6, 1926 in Jefferson City, Missouri, United States. Son of Louis Eugene and Olivia (Schmidt) Langerhans.
chemical engineer Chemical company executive
Langerhans, Robert Louis was born on January 6, 1926 in Jefferson City, Missouri, United States. Son of Louis Eugene and Olivia (Schmidt) Langerhans.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University, 1948.
With Union Carbide Corporation, Buffalo, 1948—1961, plant manager Mobile, Alabama, 1961—1968, assistant general manager Tarrytown, New York, 1968—1976, regional manager industrial gases Moorestown, New Jersey, 1976—1982, managing director industrial gases Madrid, since 1982. Board directors Argon, SA, Madrid, Oxinorte SA, Luchana, Spain, Oxisur SA, Madrid. With United States Army, 1944-1946, with United States Navy, 1953-1954.
Member of United States Navy League, American Institute Chemical Engineers.
Married Louise Cummings Gilbert, November 17, 1951. Children: Gilbert, Sarah.