Robert Mehrabian, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Robert Mehrabian

American academic administraotr

Date of Birth: 31-Jul-1941

Place of Birth: Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran

Profession: academic

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Robert Mehrabian

  • Robert Mehrabian is an Armenian-American materials scientist and the executive chairman of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (TDY).
  • He assumed this position January 1, 2019.
  • He was chairman, president and chief executive officer of the company from 2000 to December 31, 2018, and president and chief executive officer from 1999 to 2000.
  • Mehrabian held various senior executive positions at Allegheny Teledyne Incorporated (ATI) starting in July 1997, prior to the spin-off of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated in November 1999.
  • Previously he was president of Carnegie Mellon University from 1990 to 1997.
  • He has served on the board of directors of several public companies, including Mellon Financial Corporation and its successor, Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (1994–2011) and PPG Industries, Inc.
  • (1992–2014). Mehrabian holds bachelor and Doctor of Science degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
  • His academic career spanned almost thirty years starting at MIT in 1968 and concluding as president of Carnegie Mellon University.
  • He left MIT in 1975, where he was an associate professor.
  • From 1975 to 1979, he was professor of metallurgy and professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana.
  • From 1983 to 1990, he served as dean of engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Mehrabian also spent four years in the Senior Executive Service of the U.S.
  • Government.
  • As director of the Center for Materials Science of the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology he initiated numerous government/industry programs that became models for such cooperative efforts.
  • During his U.C.
  • Santa Barbara and Carnegie Mellon University tenures, he spun-off a number of high technology companies.
  • An internationally recognized authority on advanced technologies, Mehrabian also served as senior advisor in manufacturing and high technology processes to many Fortune 500 companies. Mehrabian holds eight U.S.
  • and more than 40 foreign patents.
  • He has authored 139 technical papers and edited six books in the field of materials science and engineering.
  • His awards include election to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), a Fellow and distinguished Life Member of the American Society of Metals International (ASM), the Henry Marion Howe Medal of the ASM, and a Fellow and Leadership Award recipient of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS).
  • His honorary degrees include Sc.D.
  • from Carnegie Mellon and L.H.D.
  • from Chatham College.

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