Background
Shankland, Robert Sherwood was born on January 11, 1908 in Willoughby, Ohio, United States. Son of Frank North and Margaret Jane (Wedlock) Shankland.
Shankland, Robert Sherwood was born on January 11, 1908 in Willoughby, Ohio, United States. Son of Frank North and Margaret Jane (Wedlock) Shankland.
Student organization
Physicist National; Physicist Naval Ordnance Laboratory Director Unnderwater Sound Reference, laboratories Editor: Sonar Calibration Methods, 1946, Sonar Calibrations, 1946, Collected Papers of Arthur H. Compton, 1973.
Editor: Review of Scientific Instruments, 1949-1952, American Journal Physics.
President board of trustees Andrews School for Girls, Willoughby, Ohio.
Member council of participating institutions Argonne National Laboratory, 1946-1982. Fellow American Physical Society (president Ohio section 1947-1948), Acoustical Society American (executive council 1944-1947), American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member American Institute Physics (Chairman of Commission on student organization 1958-1982.
Married Hilda C. Kinnison, June 20, 1931 (deceased. Married Eleanor Newlin Griffiths, 1971. Children: Ruth (Mistress William Fielder), Dorothy (Mistress John Eisenhour), Ava (Mistress Thomas Prebys), Lois (Mistress Ronald McIntyre), Sherwood John.