Background
Kent, Robert Thurston was born on July 17, 1880 in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States. Son of William and Marion Weild (Smith) Kent.
Kent, Robert Thurston was born on July 17, 1880 in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States. Son of William and Marion Weild (Smith) Kent.
Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute Technology, 1902.
Weild (Mistress Charles F. Amelung). Machinist apprentice, 1896-1898. Erecting engineer, Robins Conveying Belt County, New York City, 1902-1903.
Designer, Link-Belt Company, Philadelphia, 1903-1904.
Associate editor, Electrical Review, New York City, 1904-1905. Engineering editor Iron Trade Review, Cleveland, Ohio, 1905-1909.
Editor, Industrial Engineering, New York City, 1909-1915. Construction engineering, New York, 1912-1917.
Chief engineer Myer, Morrison & County, New York City, 1917-1921.
Consultant eugr., 1921-1924. Superintendent prison industries, New York State, 1924-1927 (reorganized and modernized industries and instituted wage system). General manager Bridgeport (Connecticut) Brass Company, 1927-1928.
Vice president and director engineering, Divine Brothers Company, Utica, New York, 1928-1934.
Construction engineering, Montclair, New Jersey, 1934-1938. General manager William Sellers & Company, Philadelphia, 1938-1940.
Production manager, Control Instrument Company, Brooklyn, New York, 1942. Construction engineering with Stevenson, Jordan & Harrison, New York City, since 1942.
Served as principal production engineer, United States Army Ordnance Department, 1940-1941. Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Masaryk Academy of Work (Prague, Czechoslovakia), Delta Tau Delta. Club: Engineers (New York).
Married Alice Palmatier Howard, July 6, 1905.