Robert William Schmieder

Background

Schmieder, Robert William was born on July 10, 1941 in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Son of Otto S. and Ruby Maybel (Harkey) Schmieder.

Education

AB, Occidental College, 1963; Bachelor of Science, California Institute Technology, 1963; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1968.

Career

Member research staff, Lawrence Berkeley (California) National Laboratory, 1969-1972; member technical staff, Sandia National laboratories, Livermore, California, since 1972. Instructor University of California, Berkeley, 1971-1972. Experimental leader Cordell Exps., Walnut Creek, California, since 1977.

Co-host EBIS Workshop, 1985. Member ion storagerings committee National Academy Science, 1986.

Membership

Co-chairman Coastline Initiative, Northern California, 1974. Judge Bay Area Regional Science Fair, since 1979. Member Channel Islands Kelp Forest Project, 1985.

Fellow Explorers Club. Member American Physical Society, American Geophysical Union, American Institute Biological Sciences, Western Society Naturalists, Sierra Club (chairman regional group 1974).

Interests

• Avocation: amateur radio.

Connections

Children: Robyn, Russell Otto, Robert Randall.

Father:

Otto S. Schmieder

Mother:

Ruby Maybel (Harkey) Schmieder

child:

Robert Randall Schmieder

child:

Russell Otto Schmieder

child:

Robyn Schmieder