Robert William Farwell

Background

Farwell, Robert William was born on May 11, 1927 in Providence. Son of Robert Reo and Marie Harriett (Reilly) Farwell.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Yale University, 1950; Master of Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University, 1960.

Career

Research assistant, research associate Ordnance Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, State College, 1951-1958; graduate assistant physics department, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1958-1960; assistant professor Ordnance Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, State College, 1960-1963; associate professor Applied Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, State College, 1963-1983; physicist, Naval Research Laboratory- Detroit, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, 1983-1994.

Achievements

• Robert William Farwell has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman zoning hearing board College Township, State College, 1974-1978. With United States Navy, 1945-1946. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (administrative county since 1988, chairman technical commission on underwater acoustics since 1988), Acoustical Society American (member technical commission on underwater acoustics 1970-1973, acoustical oceanography since 1989).

Interests

• Avocations: running, investments.

Connections

Married Charlotte Charmaine Stricker, March 31, 1956 (divorced September 1981). Children: William Reo, Bradley Alan. Married Dorothy Anne West, June 30, 1984.

Father:

Robert Reo Farwell

Mother:

Marie Harriett (Reilly) Farwell

Spouse:

Dorothy Anne West

Spouse:

Charlotte Charmaine Stricker

child:

Bradley Alan Farwell

child:

William Reo Farwell