Background
Boarts, Robert Marsh was born on Feb, 2, 1904 in Kittanning, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert Marsh and Annie (Fleming) Boarts.
Boarts, Robert Marsh was born on Feb, 2, 1904 in Kittanning, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert Marsh and Annie (Fleming) Boarts.
Graduate Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, 1922. Bachelor of Science in Ch.E., Lafayette College, 1922-1926. M.S.E., University of Michigan, 1932, Doctor of Philosophy, 1937.
Senior inspector of construction, Detroit Water Board, 1927-1929. Chemical engineer, chief draftsman Comstock & Westcott, Inc., Niagara Falls, 1929-1931. Successively assistant professor, professor, head department chemical engineering, U. Tennessee, since 1934.
Head Cooperative Chemical Engineering Research Laboratory, Tennessee Valley Authority, 1934-1948. On leave as principal physicist to Nuclear Reactor School, Atomic Energy Commission, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1946-1947. Consultant Bureau Mines, 1939-1941, Monsanto Chemical Company, 1947-1948, Carbide & Carbon Chemical Corporation (name changed to Union Carbide Nuclear Company). since 1948.
United States Air Force Arnold Engineering Development Center, 1951. Visiting educator for Dupont Engineering Department, Year-In-Industry Program, 1953-1954.
Member Knoxville Technology Society, Knoxville Science. Club, Tennessee Academy Science, University Faculty. Club: Ouadrangle. Viola player Knoxville (Tennessee) Symphony Orchestra.
Married Margaret Kapp, June 14, 1933.