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ROBERT A. FROSCH
ROBERT A. FROSCH
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Frosch on May 22, 1928, and grew up in the Bronx, where he attended public schools. Blessed with deep intellect and curiosity, he attended Columbia College, where he earned a bachelor of arts degree in 1947, and Columbia University, where he earned his doctorate degree in theoretical physics in 1952 when he was just 23 years old.
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He was also technical director of Project Artemis, a large experimental active sonar system development program. In 1963 Bob moved to Washington, DC, to become director for nuclear test detection in the Defense Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)
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Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University as a senior research fellow. For the next 28 years he remained active at Harvard in scientific and technical policy activities related to energy, innovation, space security, industrial ecology, and globalization.
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For his innumerable contributions, Bob was awarded the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award, NASA Distinguished Service Medal, IEEE Founder's Medal, Defense Meritorious Civilian Service Medal, Neptune Award of the American Oceanic Organization, and IRI Medal of the Industrial Research Institute for his leadership at GM. In 2003 he received the NAE's prestigious Arthur M
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