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Robert (Bob) grew up in Birmingham, AL, and recieved his undergraduate degree from the University of Alabama. Beginning in 1954, he found summer work in Huntsville; he would begin working full-time in the city in 1957, but would return to the…

Bob was born in Chattanooga, TN, and lived in Oak Ridge during World War II. He enlisted in the Air Force out of high school, went to MTSU, then worked for the Force as a civilian for a brief time until he went to work at MSFC (in July 1960). He…

Bob was raised in middle Tennessee. He entered the Navy in 1944, then went to college at Tennesee Tech (earning a BS in electrical engineering). Following work with the TVA, he would join the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (at Redstone Arsenal) in…

Raised in Indiana, Bob was inspired into aviation by his uncles, and went to Purdue University for electrical engineering. However, his passion for aviation (and spaceflight) remained, and he would begin working in Huntsville in 1957 (beginning with…

Bob was born in Northport, AL, in 1931, and frequently moved in his youth, getting involved with the Air Force, and getting degrees in both mechanical and aeronautical engineering from the University of Alabama. He went on to work with Boeing,…

Bob was raised in Homewood (a suburb of Birmingham), AL. He enrolled at Auburn for mechanical engineering, with particular interest in mechanical drawing. However, a change of heart led him to transfer to West Alabama University to study journalism.…

Experiences at White Sands, especially in range instrumentation with Clyde Tombaugh. Anecdote about the V-2 that landed in Mexico. Also comments on early developmental problems of the Redstone missile.