Background
Swank, Robert Roy was born on June 4, 1939 in Brooklyn. Son of Robert Roy and Helen Mae (Wheaton) Swank.
Swank, Robert Roy was born on June 4, 1939 in Brooklyn. Son of Robert Roy and Helen Mae (Wheaton) Swank.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 1959; Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1960; Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1968.
Senior research engineer, Monsanto Company, Texas City, Texas, 1968-1971;
research chemical engineer research laboratory, Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, Georgia, 1971-1974;
chief industrial pollution branch research laboratory, Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, Georgia, 1974-1975;
chief technical development and applications branch research laboratory, Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, Georgia, 1975-1984;
chief assessment branch research laboratory, Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, Georgia, 1984-1985;
research director research laboratory, Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, Georgia, 1986;
chief technical assessment branch solid waste office, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, 1986-1987;
research director research laboratory, Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, Georgia, 1987-1989;
staff director marine, freshwater and modeling staff environmental processes and effects research office., Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, 1989-1990;
research director research laboratory, Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, Georgia, since 1991. Consultant United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, Helsinki, Finland, 1974, Fowler Prod.Athens, Georgia, American Combustion Inc., Norcross, Georgia. Member science advisory board Louisiana State University Center for Hazardous Waste Research, Baton Rouge.
Science advising committee University of California at Los Angeles Center for Intermedia Transport Research, Los Angeles, Environmental Protection Agency Indsl.PollutionControl Research Peer Panel, Washington.
Member Georgia Institute of Technology President Scholarship Board, Atlanta, Georgia., since 1982, Legislation Liaison Committee, since 1987. Captain United States Army, 1965-1967, Fort McClellan, Alabama. Fellow National Air Pollution Control Administration, Texaco Corporation, Oak RidgeInst.
Nuclear Studies; member American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Kiwanis (v.p.1988-1989), Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, Theta Chi.
Married Sandra Yardley Morgan, August 28, 1960. Children: Lori Ellen, Robert Roy III, Debra Suzanne.