Person:Robert Warren (15)
Robert Eugene Warren
b.23 Jun 1914 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
d.20 Jun 1999 Peoria, Maricopa, Arizona, United States
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  1. Robert Eugene Warren1914 - 1999
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Name[1][2] Robert Eugene Warren
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3][5] 23 Jun 1914 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Residence[4][3] To 1930 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Death[5][1][2] 20 Jun 1999 Peoria, Maricopa, Arizona, United States
Other? In-laws: Edwin Roe and Lula Marvick (1)

A graduate of Oliver High School (Pittsburgh North Side), he attended Carnegie Institute of Technology, earning B.S. (1935) and M.S. (1936) degrees in Electrical Engineering. He was a member of Tau Beta Pi, the Engineering Honor Society. In 1947 he earned a Ph.D. in nuclear physics at the University of WI. He worked as a research engineer for Westinghouse low temperature labs. He taught physics at Carthage College (1940-41) and at Thiel College (1947-51). Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Signal Corps Reserve in 1935, he served in WWII (1941-45), European Theater of Operations (1944-45) where he was part of the successful effort to create the illusion of a large force under General George Patton waiting in Britain to invade the Low Countries that diverted the Germans from committing Panzer troops to repulse the D-Day landings in Normandy. He also served as Army liaison to the Atomic Energy Commission (1953-56) and commanded a Signal battalion in Korea (1958-59). In 1959 the Army detailed him to Headquarters, NASA where he worked in the Communications Satellite Program for five years, launching the Echo and Telstar satellites (the first passive and active communication satellites). He retired in 1966 as a Colonel, Regular Army. After retiring from the Army, he worked for the Computer Sciences Corporation as an intelligence analyst for the Air Force and in this role was in Saigon during the Tet Offensive. After his return from Vietnam, he earned his teaching credential and taught high school physics until his ultimate retirement.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 muellersfrom Warren.FTW.

    Date of Import: Oct 19, 2003

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mueller split.ged.

    Date of Import: Jan 13, 2004

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census. (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;)
    Database online. Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, ED 474, roll 1987, page , image 243.0.

    Record for Hugh E Warren

  4. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census. (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;)
    Database online. Pittsburgh Ward 21, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, ED , roll , page , image 373.

    Record for Hugh Warren

  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index. (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;)
    Database online.

    Record for Robert E. Warren

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