Robert Marion Gresham

Background

Gresham, Robert Marion was born on August 7, 1943 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Thomas L. and Mary Louise (Davis) Gresham.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Emory University, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy in Organic Chemistry, Emory University, 1969.

Career

Research chemist dyes division, The DuPont Company, Deepwater, New Jersey, 1969-1972; production supervisor, The DuPont Company, Deepwater, New Jersey, 1972-1974; process chemist, The DuPont Company, Deepwater, New Jersey, 1974-1978; senior research chemist manufacturing division, The DuPont Company, Louisville, 1978-1981; laboratory manager, E/M Corporation subsidiary Great Lakes Chemical Corporation, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1981-1982; technical director, E/M Corporation subsidiary Great Lakes Chemical Corporation, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1982-1985; vice president technical, E/M Corporation subsidiary Great Lakes Chemical Corporation, West Lafayette, Indiana, since 1985. Consultant ACTIS, Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland., 1988-1989.

Achievements

• Robert Marion Gresham has been listed as a noteworthy Organic chemist, science administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Battle Ground History Society, West Lafayette, 1989. Past president administrative board Methodist Church. Member American Society for Testing and Materials (member D-09.12 committee electromagnetic interference, radio frequency interference, F-16.03 committee coatings for fasteners, D-33 committee coatings for nuclear power plants), National Lubricating Grease Institute, Society.Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (director, past independent county coordinator, past chairman solid lubricant committee, past chairman aerospace industry county), Armed Forces Communications and Electronice Association, Society for Advancement Material and Process Engineering, Society Automotive Engineers (member G-3 organic coatings committee, E-25 fastener coating committee, H electromagnetic shielding committee, best paper award 1985, Society Manufacturing Engineers (associate finshing process).

Connections

Married Barbara Virginia Hunt, August 13, 1966. Children: Mary Jeanine, James Robert.

Father:

Thomas L. Gresham

Mother:

Mary Louise (Davis) Gresham

Spouse:

Barbara Virginia Hunt

child:

James Robert Gresham

child:

Mary Jeanine Gresham