Bob (lower left) and his family in 1936
Robert Lamb grew up in the 1930′s on a small farm in Lone Tree, Indiana. After high school he moved with his family to Phoenix, Arizona, and completed a Bachelors degree at Arizona State Universite. He late received a Masters Degree from New Mexico Highlands University. He received a direct commission in the Air Force near the end of the Korean War and spent the next three years at the Army Chemical Center, Maryland, and at the Wright Air Development Center, Ohio. His next assignment was as an instructor on the original faculty at the newly established Air Force Academy in Denver, Colorado.
Three years later Robert attended Colorado University where he completed a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry. After returning to the Air Force Academy as an assistant professor, he progressed to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel before receiving an appointment by President Nixon as Permanent Professor and Head of the Departments of Chemistry and Biological Sciences. After ten years in this position, he retired in the rank of Brigadier General and joined Bechtel Corporation in Saudi Arabia as Director of Training and Education in the task of building a new city, Jubail, on the Arabian Gulf. After more than two years of coping with this daunting challenge, he accepted a position as Vice President of International Programs at Boston University. Of the fifteen years he spent with BU, twelve were spent off-campus in Europe: nine in Heidelberg, Germany and three in London, England. During this period of his career he published numerous articles on science and education in professional journals and gave lectures on science and higher education in India, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, Israel, and several countries in Europe.
Bob now lives with his wife Carolyn in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where he writes about life on the farm and the colorful characters that influenced it.
Contact Bob at bobwlamb(at)yahoo.com.
