Background
Clark, Robert Newhall was born on April 17, 1925 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Son of Ellef S. and Esther (Baker) Clark.
electrical and aeronautical engineering educator
Clark, Robert Newhall was born on April 17, 1925 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Son of Ellef S. and Esther (Baker) Clark.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University Michigan, 1950. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, University Michigan, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1969.
Research engineer, Honeywell, Inc., Minneapolis, 1951-1957;
lecturer, Stanford University, 1968;
professor electrical engineering, U. Washington, Seattle, since 1957;
professor aeronautics and astronautics, U. Washington, Seattle, 1986-1994;
professor emeritus, since 1994. Visiting scientist Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, Karlsruhe, West Germany, 1976-1977. Guest professor of University Duisburg, West Germany, 1983-1984.
Consultant analyst Boeing Aerospace Company, Seattle, 1971-1992.
(Classic textbook of basic control system theory)
Served with United States Marine Corps, 1943-1946. Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (life), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate).
Married Mary Quiatt, August 20, 1949. Children: Charles W., John R., Timothy J., Franklin T.