Background
Batchelder, Robert Read was born on August 14, 1935 in Beverly, Massachusetts, United States.
Batchelder, Robert Read was born on August 14, 1935 in Beverly, Massachusetts, United States.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1957. Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959.
Member technical staff, California Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, 1959-1961; member technical staff, Radio Corporation of America, Burlington, Massachusetts, 1961-1963; principal engineer, vice president, Itek Optical Systems, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1963-1985; consultant, Phippsburg, Maine., 1985-1994; senior advisory engineer Naval Nuclear Fuel division, BWX Technologies, Inc., Lynchburg, Virginia, since 1994.
First lieutenant United States Army, 1959-1961. Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (senior), Tau Beta Pi, Chi Epsilon.
Married Barbara Cooper, August 6, 1994. Children: Diana Mathey, Susanna Batchelder, Emily Batchelder, Abigail Batchelder.