Background
Nellums, Robert O. was born on September 19, 1921 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Marcus E. and Elizabeth Overman Nellums.
Nellums, Robert O. was born on September 19, 1921 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Marcus E. and Elizabeth Overman Nellums.
Bachelor of Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 1942. Postgraduate, Washington University, St. Louis, 1943—1944. Postgraduate, University Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1946.
Advisory management, Syracuse University, 1968.
Production supervisor Monsanto Company, St. Louis, 1942—1944, research engineer, 1947—1956, Research, section leader, 1957, assistant director research, 1957—1959, assistant director engineering, 1959—1962, director of purchasing operating, 1963—1971, business director fiber intermediates, 1971—1985. Project director McNeil Specialty Products Company, Swords, Ireland, 1986—1987. Consultant Noramco, Athens, Georgia, 1988—2002.
Retired, 2002
Consultant vice president Executive Service Corporation, St. Louis, 1986—1992. Member emeritus American Chemical Society. Lieutenant(junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1952, PTO.
Senior warden, vestryman Grace Episcopal Church.
Married Elizabeth Alexander Nellums, June 20, 1947. Children: Mary Youman, Robert Junior, Richard, Margaret Carter.