Background
Shearman, Robert William was born on June 7, 1916 in Brooklyn. Son of William Hugh and Florence Emily (Bell) Shearman.
Shearman, Robert William was born on June 7, 1916 in Brooklyn. Son of William Hugh and Florence Emily (Bell) Shearman.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1937.
Chemist, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, Newark, 1937-1939. Metallurgical observer Bethlehem (Pennsylvania) Steel Company, 1940-1941. With general publicity department Union Carbide Corporation, New York City, 1946-1951, 53-54, secretary metals branch, 1955-1957, secretary Metallurgical Society, American Institute Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, New York City, 1957-1966.
Administrative secretary American Society for Quality Control, Milwaukee, 1966-1971, executive director, 1971-1979.
Served to captain United States Army Air Force, 1941-1946, to major United States Air Force, 1951-1953. Member American Chemical Society, American Institute Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, Metal Science. Club of New York, European Organisation Quality Control (associate), American Society Association Executives, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Council Engineering and Science Society Executives (president 1973-1974), Society Sigma Xi (associate).
Club: Appalachian Mountain (Boston).
Married Dorothy French Dodge, July 3, 1954. Children: Grace Dodge, Edith Bell.