Background
Williams, Robert Seaton was born on July 11, 1880 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Robert Edwards and Helen Elizabeth (Seaton) Williams.
Williams, Robert Seaton was born on July 11, 1880 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Robert Edwards and Helen Elizabeth (Seaton) Williams.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1902. Doctor of Philosophy, Göttingen, 1907.
Assistant in chemistry, 1902, instructor, 1907, assistant professor, 1911, associate professor, 1917-1921, associate professor of chemistry and metallography, 1921-1924, professor analytical chemsitry and metallography, 1924-1926, professor physical metallurgy, 1926-1946, and head of department of metallurgy 1937-1946, deputy dean engineering, 1942-1945, dean of Army and Navy Students, 1945-1946, later emeritus, Massachusetts Institute Technology.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Mining and Metallurgical Society of America, American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, American Society for Metals, American Society for Testing Materials. American Foundrymen’s Association.
Married Bertha M. Downes, January 29, 1910. Children: Robert Downes, Seton Sawyer.