Robert Mayo Cornforth

Background

Cornforth, Robert Mayo was born on September 3, 1914 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Charles William and Gertrude King (Mayo) Cornforth.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, University Tennessee, 1936. Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1937. Master of Business Administration, Northwestern University, 1941.

Career

Chemical engineer, Standard Oil, Whiting, Indiana, 1937-1942; director sales, Houdry Process Corporation, Philadelphia, 1945-1952; vice president, W. M. Barnes, Los Angeles, 1952-1954; manager refinery sales, Kaiser Engineers, Oakland, California, 1954-1959; national sales manager, Information Sys., Los Angeles, 1959-1961; corporation manager sales, Lummus Company, Bloomfield, New Jersey, 1961-1968; senior marketing representative, Stone & Webster Engineering, New York City, 1968-1971; manager petroleum and chemical sales, Brown & Root, Houston, 1971-1976; director marketing, H. K. Ferguson, Houston, 1976-1979; director marketing, Process Plants, Houston, 1979-1980; owner, Cornforth Associations, Houston, since 1980.

Achievements

• Achievements include patent in conversion of hydrocarbons.

Membership

Lieutenant colonel United States Army, 1942-1945. Member American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Petroleum Institute, University Club New York, Houston Racquet Club, Houston Club, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Sigma Chi, Beta Gamma Sigma.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, photography, bridge, swimming, woodworking.

Connections

Married Vivian Burnett Gies, April 14, 1939. Children: Robert Mayo Junior, Mary Carolyn, Catherine Annual.

Father:

Charles William Cornforth

Mother:

Gertrude King (Mayo) Cornforth

Spouse:

Vivian Burnett Gies

child:

Catherine Annual Cornforth

child:

Mary Carolyn Cornforth

child:

Robert Mayo Junior Cornforth