Robinson Derry Burbank

Background

Burbank, Robinson Derry was born on October 3, 1921 in Berlin, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Paul William and Hazel Louise (Robinson) Burbank.

Education

Bachelor, Colby College, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1950.

Career

Research assistant, Manhattan Project, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1942-1945; research assistant, Laboratory Insulation Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1945-1950; senior physicist, Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1950-1953; group leader, crystallography, Olin Industries, New Haven, Connecticut, 1953-1955; technical staff, Bell Telephone laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1955-1986. United States delegate International Union Crystallography, Stony Brook, Long Island, New York, 1969, Amsterdam, 1975. Member United States of America National Committee Crystallography, 1968-1976.

Achievements

• Robinson Derry Burbank has been listed as a noteworthy Crystallographer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Chester Township Taxpayers Association, New Jersey, 1961-1965, 70-74, president 1973. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Crystallographic Association (treasurer 1965-1968, vice president 1974, president 1975), Committee Science Society Presidents, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Jeannette MurielleBisson, July 14, 1945 (divorced 1975). Children: Paul Robinson, Claudia Olive.

Father:

Paul William Burbank

Mother:

Hazel Louise (Robinson) Burbank

Spouse:

Jeannette MurielleBisson

child:

Paul Robinson Burbank

child:

Claudia Olive Burbank