Background
Rempfer, Robert Weir was born on April 14, 1914 in Parkston, South Dakota, United States. Son of William Christian and Helen Irene (Weir) Rempfer.
Rempfer, Robert Weir was born on April 14, 1914 in Parkston, South Dakota, United States. Son of William Christian and Helen Irene (Weir) Rempfer.
Bachelor of Science summa cum laude, University South Dakota, 1933. Master of Science, Northwestern University, 1934. Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics, University Illinois.
Member faculty Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1937—1944. With Manhattan Project, Columbia University, 1944—1945. Mathematics physicist Farrand Optical Company, New York, 1945—1950.
Professor mathematics Antioch College, 1950—1953, Fisk University, 1953—1957, Portland Oregon State University, since 1957, chairman department, 1957—1961. Adjunct professor biostatistics Oregon Health Sciences University, 1969—1981. Translator Consultant Bureau, Plenum Public Corporation, 1969—1979.
Vice president Applied Mathematics Associates, Inc., Portland, 1962—1971. Director National Science Foundation Summer Institutes, Portland State University, 1958—1963, 1964. Lecturer Oregon Academy of Sciences, 1963—1964.
Member of American Association of University Professors (president Oregon State Federation 1962-1963), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (life), American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American (lecturer 1960-1963), Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
Married Gertrude Marjorie Fleming Rempfer, September 25, 1942. Children: Richard Fleming, Jean Trudi, Anne Louise(deceased), William Curry, Rhoda Anne.