Roger Coke Barr

Background

Barr, Roger Coke was born on February 21, 1942 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Son of Coke L. and Dorothy Eleanor (Smith) Barr.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Physics, Duke University, 1964. PhDEE, Duke University, 1968.

Career

Assistant professor pediatrics, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1969-1972; associate professor pediatrics, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, since 1972; assistant professor biomedical engineering, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1969-1979; professor biomedical engineering, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, since 1979; chairperson department biomedical engineering, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, since 1995. Board directors Triangle U. Computing Center, Research Triangle Park, 1981-1989. Member North Carolina Supercomputer Technology Advisory Commission, Research Triangle Park, 1988-1989.

Member cardiovascular study section National Institutes of Health, Washington, 1979-1983, 89-93.

Achievements

• Roger Coke Barr has been listed as a noteworthy Biomedical engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Duke School for Children, Durham, 1988-1992. Member American Heart Association. Fellow American College Cardiology, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Member biomedical Engineering Society.

Interests

• Avocation: amateur radio.

Connections

Married Jean Ann Scott, September 14, 1967. Children: Holly, Daniel.

Father:

Coke L. Barr

Mother:

Dorothy Eleanor (Smith) Barr

Spouse:

Jean Ann Scott

child:

Daniel Barr

child:

Holly Barr