Background
Bridgforth, Robert Moore was born on October 21, 1918 in Lexington, Mississippi, United States. Son of Robert Moore and Theresa (Holder) Bridgforth.
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
Robert Moore Bridgforth
Edit ProfileEducation
Student Mississippi State College, 1935-1937. Bachelor of Science, Iowa State College, 1940. Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1948.
Postgraduate Harvard University, 1949.
Career
Assistant engineer Standard Oil Corporation, of Ohio, 1940. Teaching fellow Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1940-1941, instructor chemistry, 1941-1943, research assistant, 1943-1944, member of staff division industrial cooperation, 1944-1947. Associate professor physics and chemistry Emory and Henry College, 1949-1951.
Research engineer Boeing AirplaneCo., Seattle, 1951-1954, research specialist 1954-1955, senior group engineer, 1955-1958, chief propulsion systems section Systems Management Office, 1958-1959, chief propulsion research unit, 1959-1960. Founder, Chairman of the Board Rocket Research.Corp., 1960-1969, Explosives Corporation American, 1966-1969.
Membership
Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate), British Interplanetary Society, American Institute Chemists. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Astronautical Society (director), American Chemical Society, American Rocket Society (president Pacific Northwest 1955), American Ordnance Association, American Institute Physics, American Association Physics Teachers, Tissue Culture Association, Society for Leukocyte Biology, New York Academy Sciences, Combustion Institute, Sigma Xi. Achievements include United States patents for rocket tri-propellants and explosives.
Connections
Married Florence Jarnberg, November 7, 1943. Children: Robert Moore, Alice Theresa.
