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Bob never had a chance. By the time he was a teenager, he was
cutting the lawn of Prof. Louis Meites (author of "Polarographic
Techniques") of Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute.
When Prof. Meites saw he had a worthy fish on the line, he set the
hook! Bob got his B.S. at Brooklyn Poly, started graduate school
there under Dr. Meites' direction, and followed him when he went to Clarkson
College where he obtained his Ph.D.
Bob then journeyed west to CalTech, where he held a post-doc slot with Dr. Fred Anson.
Bob next enjoyed a one-year
temporary appointment at Michigan State University, and served several
years on the faculty in the Department of Chemistry at Lehigh University.
Bob moved into the commercial world with Princeton Applied Research. He
later spent some time as an electrochemical consultant, then joined Gamry in 2001. |
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For more information than you would ever really need on Bob, visit
his website. He's also a car nut.
Check out the Duesenberg!
Bob held a wealth of knowledge between his very
impressive ears on potentiostat design, software design, virtually all
electrochemical applications, and especially electrochemical impedance
spectroscopy. All of us at Gamry and hundreds of you out there in
the Real World owe an electrochemical debt to Bob for teaching us what
he knew and not being frustrated with how long it took us to absorb it.
Bob had some serious medical issues in 2005-06, but he worked his way
through them. This process consumed a couple of years and we were
all amazed at his courage and good humor. That
kind of thing can cause anyone to review their priorities, though.
Bob looked around and made the tough decision to retire in March 2008.
We saw Bob regularly through 2008, 2009, and 2010 and he maintained his
enthusiasm for electrochemistry while dealing with one medical issue
after another. He also finally grew that pony-tail he'd been
wanting! In the end, it was an unwinnable battle and Bob passed
away on October 23, 2010.
Click here for Bob's obituary.
The family has asked that, in lieu of flowers, donations can be made in
Bob's honor to the American Cancer Society. |
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