Robert Marvin Mains

Background

Mains, Robert Marvin was born on January 18, 1918 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Oscar Robert and Edna Luella (Betteys) Mains.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, University Colorado, 1938. Master of Science in Civil Engineering, University Illinois, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy, Lehigh University, 1946.

Career

Instructor mechanics, Missouri School Mines, Rolla, 1940-1941; assistant director Fritz Engineering Laboratory, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1941-1944; project supervisor Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Silver Spring, Maryland., 1944-1946; assistant group supervisor Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Silver Spring, Maryland., 1951-1955; associate professor structural engineering, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1946-1951; construction engineering, senior mechanic engineer, Knolls Atomic Power Lab, General Engineering Laboratory, General Electric, Schenectady, New York, 1955-1965; chairman сivil engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, 1965-1969; professor сivil engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, 1969-1984; professor emeritus сivil engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, since 1984. Consultant United States Navy, Washington, 1965-1990, various local engineering firms, St. Louis, since 1965. Expert witness various legal problems and firms, St. Louis, since 1965.

Membership

Chairman Park Commission Niskayuna, New York, 1955-1965. Member Planning and Zoning Commission, City of Des Peres, Missouri, since 1989. Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers, Institute Environ Science (Vigness award 1971).

Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society for Engineering Education, New York Academy of Sciences.

Connections

Married Floreine Anderson, June 5, 1940 (deceased March 1991). Children: Richard Edward, William David.

Father:

Oscar Robert Mains

Mother:

Edna Luella (Betteys) Mains

Spouse:

Floreine Anderson

child:

William David Mains

child:

Richard Edward Mains