Robert Morrell Talley

Background

Talley, Robert Morrell was born on March 13, 1924 in Erwin, Tennessee, United States. Son of Robert Taylor and Anna Laura (Morrell) Talley.

Education

Student, East Tennessee State College, 1943. Student, University Virginia, 1944. Bachelor of Science University South Carolina, 1945.

Master of Science, University Tennessee, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, University Tennessee, 1950.

Career

Chief infrared branch, chief solid state division United States Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, Maryland, 1951-1958. Manager laboratory Santa Barbara Research Center subsidiary Hughes Aircraft, California, 1958-1969, vice president, 1969-1976, president, 1976-1989, retired.

Achievements

• Robert Morrell Talley has been listed as a noteworthy aerospace company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee, honorary alumnus University California-Santa Barbara Foundation. Board directors Partners in Education, Santa Barbara. With United States Navy, 1943-1946.

Fellow American Physical Society. Member Optical Society of America, LaCumbre Club, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Mary Sue Williams, June 5, 1948. Children: David, Carol.

Father:

Robert Taylor Talley

Mother:

Anna Laura (Morrell) Talley

Spouse:

Mary Sue Williams

child:

David Talley

child:

Carol Talley