Robet Andrew Weeks

Background

Weeks, Robet Andrew was born on August 23, 1924 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of William Andrew and Annie Bell (Hammond) Weeks.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Birmingham-Southern College, 1947; Master of Science, U. Tennessee, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, Brown U., 1966.

Career

Senior physicist, Union Carbide Corporation, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1951-1984; research professor material science, Vanderbilt University, since 1984. Distinguished visiting professor American U. in Cairo, 1970-1971. Invited professor Ecole Polytechnic Federal de Lausanne, Switzerland, 1981.

Visiting professor Catholic U., Leuven, Belgium, 1983. Consultant numerous private corporations and federal agys. Principal investigator lunar materials, 1968-1974.

Co-principal investigator expedition Western desert of Egypt to desert glass site, 1981. Chief Executive Officer Oak Ridge Cons., since 1993.

Achievements

• Robet Andrew Weeks has been listed as a noteworthy Materials science researcher, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with United States Army, 1943-1946. Fellow American Ceramic Society (R. A. Weeks Symposium on Science and Technology Si02and Related Materials named in his honor, Honolulu 1993, George W. Morey award for contributions to glass ci. 1998); member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, Materials Research Society.

Interests

• Avocation: photography. E-mail: E1E2E42AOL.COM.

Connections

Married Jane Sutherland, March 20, 1948. Children: Kevin Dale, Robin Dee, Loren Hammond, Kerry Andrew.

Father:

William Andrew Weeks

Mother:

Annie Bell (Hammond) Weeks

Spouse:

Jane Sutherland

child:

Kerry Andrew Weeks

child:

Kevin Dale Weeks

child:

Robin Dee Weeks

child:

Loren Hammond Weeks