Background
Cruse, Robert Ridgely was born on August 20, 1920 in Tucson. Son of Samuel Ridgely Cruse, Junior and Hellen Gurganus Patrick.
Cruse, Robert Ridgely was born on August 20, 1920 in Tucson. Son of Samuel Ridgely Cruse, Junior and Hellen Gurganus Patrick.
Bachelor of Science, Antioch College, 1942. Postgraduate, University Arizona, 1951—1952. Postgraduate, Trinity University, 1956—1958.
Postgraduate, Ohio State University, 1946. Postgraduate, Texas A & I University. Postgraduate, University Florida, 1969—1979.
Owner, developer Los Ranchitos, Tucson, 1947—1953. Chemist, metallurgist United States Bureau Mines, 1953—1955. Associate industrial chemist Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, 1955—1961.
Instructor organic chemistry Trinity University, 1957—1958. Research chemist Allied Chemical Corporation, Hopewell, Virginia, 1961—1968, United States Department of Agriculture, ARS, Weslaco, Texas, 1968—1982. Consultant in field Weslaco, Texas and Midlothian, Virginia, since 1982.
Retired, 1982
Consultant chemist Southwest Agricultural Institute, San Antonio, 1959—1961. Research engineer Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, 1942—1947.
Judge Boards of Election, Arizona, Texas, Virginia, 1948—1998. Member of American Chemical Society (emeritus, retired).
Married Pauline Julia McIntire, March 1, 1947 (deceased October 18, 1987).