Background
Busche, Robert Marion was born on June 14, 1926 in St. Louis. Son of Ferdinand and Irma (Seim) Busche.
Busche, Robert Marion was born on June 14, 1926 in St. Louis. Son of Ferdinand and Irma (Seim) Busche.
BSChE, Washington University, St. Louis, 1948. Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, 1949. Doctor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, 1952.
Project engineer coal-to-oil demonstration branch, United States Bureau Mines, Louisiana, Missouri, 1950-1953;
research supervisor plastics department research division, E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company Inc., 1953-1962;
technical services supervisor plastics department marketing division, E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, 1962-1964;
technical manager development department heat transfer products division, E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, 1964-1968;
staff consultant development department management services division, E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, 1968-1974;
planning consultant central research department life science division, E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, 1974-1985;
president, Bio En-Gene-Er Associations Inc., Wilmington, since 1985. Adjunct Professor chemical engineering University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, since 1983. Member of advisory board National Solar Energy Plan, Mitre Corporation, Washington, 1980-1985.
Member of advisory board liaison committee Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin. Member of advisory board National Science Foundation cellulose hydrolysis program North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1980-1982.
Deacon, elder Presbyterian church, Wilmington and Orange, Texas, since 1957. District and council member Delmarva council Boy Scouts American, Wilmington, since 1959. Board directors New Castle Cotillion, Wilmington, 1989-1991.
With United States Army, 1944-1946. Member American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Chemical Society, American Mensa, Intertel, Tau Beta Pi, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Alpha Chi Sigma, Alpha Phi Omega, Phi Eta Sigma.
Married Norma Jean Nickles, September 17, 1950 (divorced March 1978). Children: Robert Eric, David Clay, Kristin Anne, Amy Ellen. Married Emma Elizabeth Ruch, June 21, 1980.