Robert Tanner Watson

Background

Watson, Robert Tanner was born on September 25, 1922 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Rolla Don and Gladys Margaret (Tanner) Watson.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, DePauw University, 1943; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1951.

Career

With photo products department, Éleuthère Irénée duPont de Nemours & Company, Inc., Parlin, New Jersey, 1951-1955; with electron tube division, Radio Corporation of America, Marion, Indiana, 1955-1959; with, International Tel. & Tel. Corporation, 1959-1971; vice president, general manager industrial laboratories division, International Tel. & Tel. Corporation, 1962-1963; president, International Tel.

& Tel. Corporation, 1963-1968; department technical director, other positions, Aerospace and Defense Group, 1968-1971; general physical scientist OT and NTIA, unites states department Commerce, 1971-1990; retired, unites states department Commerce, since 1990.

Achievements

• Robert Tanner Watson has been listed as a notable physical scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Governor's Air Pollution Control Board, 1966-1970. Allen County chairman Indiana Sesquicentennial, 1965. Trustee Indiana Ednl.

Services Foundation, 1968-1971. Board directors Young Men’s Christian Association of Greater Fort Wayne and Allen County, 1966-1969. Served to Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve 1943-1946, combat, PTO.

United States Naval Reserve, 1946-1955. Member American Institute Management (fellow president's council 1970), Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce (director 1966-1968), Allen County-Fort Wayne History Society (Old Fort committee), Optical Society American, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Sigma Xi, Phi Eta Sigma, Beta Theta Pi.

Connections

Married Jean Mehlig, October 7,1944. Children— Melinda Jean, Parke Tanner, John Mehlig, Todd Pennell, Kate Annual.

Father:

Rolla Don Watson

Mother:

Gladys Margaret (Tanner) Watson

Spouse:

Jean Mehlig