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Bridges, Robert McSteen was born on April 17, 1914 in Oakland, California, United States. Son of Robert and Josephine (Hite) Bridges.
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Robert McSteen Bridges
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Robert McSteen Bridges, American mechanical engineer. Achievements include patents for field of undersea devices (54 international, 14 United States); patents for deep ocean rubber band moor; invention of the United States Navy sonobuoy rotochute. Recipient award of Service, American Institute Aeronautical Egnrs., 1965.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering cum laude, University Southern California, 1940. Postgraduate, University of California at Los Angeles.
Career
Registered profile engineer, California Engineer National Supply Company, Torrance, California, 1940-1941. Design engineer landing gear and hydraulics Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, California, 1941-1946. Missile hydraulic controls design engineer Convair, San Diego, 1946-1948.
Senior staff engineer oceanic systems mechanic design Bendix Corporation, Sylmar, California, 1948;advisory ocean engineering United States Congress. Committee chairman Boy Scouts American, 1961.
Achievements
Membership
Committee chairman Boy Scouts American, 1961. Member of Marine Technology Society (committee cables, connectors 1969, charter), Tau Beta Pi.
Connections
Married Edith Brownwood, October 26, 1945. Children: Ann, Lawrence, Robert.
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Political Party
Republican