Background
Eastman, Robert Merriam was born on April 18, 1918 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Robert Felt and Ethel Pierce (Underhill) Eastman.
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Robert Merriam Eastman
Edit Profileconsultant Industrial engineering educator
Education
AB, Antioch College, 1940; Master of Science, Ohio State University, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University, 1955.
Career
Junior accountant, Haskins & Sells, Detroit, 1938-1941;
purchaser, Steel Products Engineering Company, Springfield, Ohio., 1941-1942;
assistant instructor engineering drawing, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1947-1948;
instructor industrial engineering, Pennsylvania State University, State College, 1948-1951;
associate professor, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1951-1955;
professor mechanic engineering, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1955-1958;
professor industrial engineering, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1958-1987;
department chairman, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1958-1968;
professor emeritus, U. Missouri, Columbia, since 1987;
engineering consultant, labor arbitrator,, Columbia, since 1947. Fulbright lecturer U. Industrial Santander, Columbia, 1962-1963. Visiting professor Middle East Technology U., Ankara, Turkey, 1969-1971.
Summer faculty fellow National Aeronautics and Space Administration, United States Navy, NFS, 1975-1988.
Membership
Member, officer Columbia Audubon Society, since 1958. Captain United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946, Mediterranean Theatre of Operations. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member Cosmopolitan International, Columbia Golf and Country Club, Tau Beta Pi, Alpha Pi Mu, Pi Tau Sigma.
Interests
Connections
Married Kathryn Parmelee Benedict. Childrren: Caroline, Parmelee, Roger.
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Nationality
American -
Religion
Unitarian Universalist -
Political Party
Republican