Background
Livingston, Robert Louis was born on November 15, 1918 in Ada, Ohio, United States. Son of Ralph and Ruth (Sink) Livingston.
Livingston, Robert Louis was born on November 15, 1918 in Ada, Ohio, United States. Son of Ralph and Ruth (Sink) Livingston.
Bachelor of Science, Ohio State University, 1939. Master of Science, University of Michigan, 1941, Doctor of Philosophy, 1943. Associate chemist Naval Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1944-1946.
Faculty Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, since 1946, professor of chemistry, since 1954, assistant department head, 1960-1968.
Director National Science Foundation-URP Program, 1969-1972. Consultant College Entrance Examination Board, since 1972.
Research on molecular structure of gaseous molecules by electron diffraction.
Member American Chemical Society (secretary division chemical education 1963-1968.
Married Virginia Capron, May 30, 1943 (divorced 1973). Married Jean Moriarty, August 25, 1979. Children: Douglas, Roy, Margaret, Bruce.