Background
Futrelle, Robert Peel was born on April 23, 1937 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Jacques Junior and Josephine Collins Futrelle.
Futrelle, Robert Peel was born on April 23, 1937 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Jacques Junior and Josephine Collins Futrelle.
Bachelor of Science in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1966.
Staff scientist, North American Rockwell Science Center, Thousand Oaks, California, 1965-1969;
member, technical staff, North American Rockwell, Anaheim, California, 1969-1971;
research associate, University Chicago, 1972-1975;
assistant professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1975-1985;
associate professor, Northeastern U., Boston, since 1986. Visiting fellow Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, Boulder, Colorado, 1971-1972. Chairman Gordon Conference on Atomic and Molecular Interactions, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, 1971.
Member National Science Foundation Biological Instrumentation Panel, Washington, 1983-1988. Founder, head Biological Knowledge Laboratory, since 1989.
Member Marine Biological Laboratory, Sigma Xi.
Married Carolyn Scott, December 30, 1962. Children: David S., Joseph M., Genevieve Z.