Background
Kambour, Roger Peabody was born on April 1, 1932 in Wilmington, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Constantine and Ada Grace (Mattraw) Kambour.
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Roger Peabody Kambour
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Education
Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Amherst College, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, U. N.H., 1960.
Career
Researcher, General Electric R & D Center, Schenectady, New York, 1960-1994; U. Massachusetts professor, General Electric R & D Center, Schenectady, New York, since 1994. Visiting professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991. Visiting scientist National Institute Standards & Technology, Washington, 1993.
Achievements
Membership
Supervisor 1st ward Schenectady County Board Suprs., New York, 1964-1965. Member Schenectady County Charter Commission, 1964-1965. Member Schenectady City History District Commission, 1975-1981.
Member art committee Schenectady Museum, 1975-1982. Member National Ski Patrol, 1988-1993. Chairman Freedom Forum, 1975-1976.
Fellow American Physical Society (Ford High Polymer Physics prize 1985). Member National Academy of Engineering, American Chemical Society (Union Carbide Chemicals award 1968).
Interests
Connections
Married Virginia L. Dyer, October 4, 1958 (divorced December 1982). Children— Annaliese S., Christian R. Married Barbara Jean Vivier, June 23, 1984.
1 child, Joshua V.
