Robert Sydney Gales

Background

Gales, Robert Sydney was born on December 12, 1914 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Robert Joseph and Grace Risley (Moore) Gales.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1938; Master of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1942.

Career

Associate physicist, University of California Division War Research, San Diego, 1942-1945; physicist, Navy Electronics Laboratory, San Diego, 1946-1969; supervisory physicist, Naval Undersea Center (now Naval Ocean Systems Center), San Diego, 1969-1980; supervisory physicist, Computer Sciences Corporation, San Diego, 1981-1983. Acoustical consultant.

Achievements

• Robert Sydney Gales has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Acoustical Society of America (councilman 1967, president 1975). Member Federal Professional Association (chairman San Diego chapter 1963, 65). Clubs: Alamitos Bay Yacht (commodore Long Beach, California 1942), Mission Bay Yacht (commodore San Diego 1948), Coronado 25 Sailing Association (national president 1975).

Connections

Married Dorothea Frances Yocum, August 29, 1942. Children— Robert Timothy, Patricia Frances, Michael Jeffery.

Father:

Robert Joseph Gales

Mother:

Grace Risley (Moore) Gales

Spouse:

Dorothea Frances Yocum

child:

Michael Jeffery Gales

child:

Patricia Frances Gales

child:

Robert Timothy Gales