Background
Bourgault, Roy Francis was born on February 25, 1920 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Louis Joseph and Evelyn (Richardson) Bourgault.
Mechanical engineering educator
Bourgault, Roy Francis was born on February 25, 1920 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Louis Joseph and Evelyn (Richardson) Bourgault.
Bachelor of Science, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1942. Master of Science, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1953.
Industrial engineer, United States Steel Corporation, 1942-1943, 46-48; metallurgist, United States Steel Corporation, 1948-1951; research associate, Stevens Institute Technology, 1952-1953; chief metallurgist, Warner Hudnut, Inc., Livingston, New Jersey, 1953-1955; member of faculty, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1955-1985; professor mechanic engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1967-1985; professor emeritus, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, since 1985. Consultant in field, since 1955.
Active local Boy Scouts American, since 1957, council commissioner, 1977-1982. Moderator Worcester Association Congressional Churches, 1965-1966. Served to First lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946.
Member American Society Metals (past chapter chairman), American Society Engineering Education, (chairman materials division 1979-1980), Sigma Xi, Pi Tau Sigma.
Married Betty Mae Arp, August 9, 1946. Children: Robert Louis, Edward Norman, Susan Elizabeth, Richard Douglas.