Background
Duffy, Robert Townsend was born on December 29, 1926 in Guyencourt, Delaware, United States. Son of Edward Reese and Alice Ann (Brabson) Duffy.
Duffy, Robert Townsend was born on December 29, 1926 in Guyencourt, Delaware, United States. Son of Edward Reese and Alice Ann (Brabson) Duffy.
Certified engineering, Spartan School Aeronautical, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1948. BME, University Virginia, 1956.
Mechanic design engineer, Goodyear Aircraft Corporation, Akron, Ohio., 1949-1950; flight test engineer, Goodyear Aircraft Corporation, Akron, Ohio., 1950-1952; wind tunnel test engineer, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Wallops Island, Langley Field, Virginia, 1952-1958; engineer project and operations management branch Wallops Station, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Wallops Island, 1958-1964; assistant head operations division Wallops Station, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Wallops Island, 1964-1968; director operations Wallops Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Wallops Island, 1968-1980; head operations division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration-GSFC Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, 1980-1990; deputy director suborbital projects and operations, National Aeronautics and Space Administration GSFC/WFF, Wallops Island, 1990-1993. Member chancellor's advising committee for airway science program, U. Maryland. Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, 1988-1993.
Board of directors Opportunity Skyway of Eastern Shore, since 1992. With United States Navy, 1945-1946, PTO. Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Masons.
Married Joyce Irene Wright, December 17, 1960. Children: Lynn Launa, Brian Edward, Patricia Lee, Bruce Townsend.