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ROBERT E. NEWNHAM
ROBERT E. NEWNHAM
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ERIC CROSS AND SUSAN TROLIER-MCKINSTRY ROBERT EVEREST NEWNHAM, Alcoa Professor Emeritus of Solid State Science at the Pennsylvania State University, passed away April 16, 2009, at the age of 80. He retired from Penn State in 1999 after serving eight years as associate director of the Materials Research Laboratory and 18 years as director of the Intercollege Program on Solid State Science.
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Widely known for his enthusiastic lectures and colorful illustrations, Bob was honored with the Outstanding Educator Award of the Ceramic Education Council and the Wilson Teaching Prize of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. During his career, he delivered the Dow lectures at Northwestern University, the Wolff Lecture at MIT, the McMahon Lecture at Alfred University, the Pond lectures at Johns Hopkins, the Maddin Lecture at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Byron Short Lecture at the University of Texas.
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A member of the National Academy of Engineering, Bob Newnham wrote five books and more than 500 research papers and held 20 patents on electroceramics and composite materials for electronic and acoustic applications. Early in his scientific career, he was a crystallographer.
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In private life, Bob was an unabashed liberal in politics and religion. He and his wife, Pat, were strong supporters of the peace movement, the Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship of Centre County, Pennsylvania, and numerous liberal charities.
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