Robert Newton Dobbins

Background

Dobbins, Robert Newton was born on October 18, 1904 in Verona, New Jersey, United States. Son of Justus W. and Caroline E. (Bowen) Dobbins.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Newark College Engineering, 1939; postgraduate, Newark College Engineering, 1948-1951; Master of Education, Rutgers University, 1947.

Career

Shop superintendent, Curtiss-Wright Flying Svc., Valley Stream, New York, 1929-1930; night foreman, American Airlines, Newark, 1931; senior teacher aviation department, Essex County Vocational Schools, Bloomfield, New Jersey, 1931-1939; director war production training, Essex County Vocational Schools, Newark, 1939-1942; commissioned Lieutenant, naval aviator, United States Navy, 1942; commissioned Lieutenant, naval aviator, United States Navy, 1960; retired, United States Navy, 1964; assistant director training, New York Port Authority, New York City, 1947-1951; field consultant, Research Institute American, New York City, 1951-1963; supervisor installation, Engineering Electronics Command, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, 1963-1974; president, Robert N. Dobbins Associations, Eatontown, New Jersey, since 1974. Owner, manager Automotive & Aircraft Superior vena cava syndrome, Verona, New Jersey, l93l-39. Pilot, flight instructor Somerset Hills Airport, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, l937-4l;training officer Civil Air Patrol, Trenton, l94l-42.

Instructor graduate studies City College of New York, l962-72.

Achievements

• Robert Newton Dobbins has been listed as a noteworthy technical consulting company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Instructor United States Power Squadrons, Shrewsbury, New Jersey, l960-85. Commander flotilla 22, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, Sandy Hook, New Jersey, l965-75. Member Eatontown Board Adjustment, l968-69.

Chairman site and design Eatontown Planning Board, l970-73. Member National Society of Professional Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Society Automotive Engineers, Naval Institute, Family Motor Coach Association, Masons, Shriners.

Interests

• Avocations: travel, camping, photography, hunting, gardening.

Connections

Married Ruth E. Webster, August 12, 1926. Children: Ruth Elizabeth, Robert N. Junior.

Father:

Justus W. Dobbins

Mother:

Caroline E. (Bowen) Dobbins

Spouse:

Ruth E. Webster

child:

Ruth Elizabeth Dobbins

child:

Robert N. Junior Dobbins