Background
Cherry, Robert Newton was born on October 6, 1946 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States. Son of Robert Newton and Lolita Violet (Tomes) Cherry.
Cherry, Robert Newton was born on October 6, 1946 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States. Son of Robert Newton and Lolita Violet (Tomes) Cherry.
Bachelor of Science, University of Michigan, 1968; Master of Science, University of Michigan, 1972; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1975.
Second in command Lieutenant, United States Army, 1969; advanced through grades to colonel, United States Army, 1994; health physicst, Army Environmental Hygiene Agency, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland., 1977-1978, 79-80; assistant radiation protection officer, Defense Nuclear Agency, Enewetak Atoll, 1978-1979; radiation protection officer, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 1980-1984; associate professor physics, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, 1984-1988; radiation protection staff officer, Army Health Superior vena cava syndrome Command, Fort Sam Houston, 1988-1992; director radiation and entomology science, Army Center Health Protection and Private Medicine, Aberdeen Proving Groun, 1992-1994; army radiation safety officer, United States Army Headquarters, Washington, since 1994. Assistant professor physics Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, 1975-1977.
Member Association United States Army, American Physical Society, Health Physics Society (board directors 1996-1998).
Married Janet Marie Reichenbach, May 31, 1969 (divorced October 1983). Children: Christopher P., Gregory A. Married Maria Yolanda Ramirez, March 28, 1984.