Robert Norman Herbert

Background

Herbert, Robert Norman was born on January 13, 1924 in Cotati, California, United States. Son of William Fulton and Abbie May (Churchill) Herbert.

Education

Associate of Arts, Santa Rosa (California) Junior College, 1942. Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1947.

Career

Ship superintendent, Todd Shipyards, Alameda, California, 1948-1951; naval architect, P.F. Spaulding & Associations, Seattle, 1953-1963; consultant naval architect, Robert N. Herbert, NA, San Francisco, 1963-1975; president, Herbert Engineering Corporation, San Francisco, 1975-1983; Chairman of the Board, Herbert Engineering Corporation, San Francisco, since 1983.

Achievements

• Robert Norman Herbert has been listed as a noteworthy engineering company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Society Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (chairman North California section 1974-1975, vice president 1983-1984, David W. Taylor medal 1986), International Forest Products Transport Association (secretary-treasurer since 1982).

Interests

• Gardening.

Connections

Married Helen Jane Osgood, February 25, 1945 (divorced 1948). 1 child, Susan Jane; married Helen Elizabeth Hardy, February 17, 1951. Children: Elizabeth Lee, Justine Annual.

Father:

William Fulton Herbert

Mother:

Abbie May (Churchill) Herbert

Spouse:

Helen Jane Osgood

Spouse:

Helen Elizabeth Hardy

child:

Elizabeth Lee Herbert

child:

Susan Jane Herbert

child:

Justine Annual Herbert