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Roberts, Roland

 
9781465367822: Growing Up Ferragamo
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1465367829 ISBN 13: 9781465367822
Publisher: Xlibris, 2011

Synopsis

"Roland Roberts was born on a ranch in New England. While ayoungster, he was infl uenced by Dr. Robert Goddard, the father ofRocketry, and after serving his country in the front lines of battle, hereturned to college to fi nish his Engineering degree on the GI bill. He washired after receiving his degree by General Electric to work in the Missiles& Space Division and relocated to Vandenberg AFB. He was there onclassifi ed assignments to the Air Force Ballistic Space Department. He laterserved his country as a technical adviser to the Strategic Air Command inOmaha Nebraska for two years. He returned to Vandenberg AFB to assistin the development of the Minute Man Missile System and led the effortfor down range recovery of its nosecone.Roland next accepted a contract with the GE Nuclear Fuel Designprogram as Senior Design Engineer for Boiling Water Nuclear PowerPlants. After serving GE’s desires for 15 years, he took an early retirementto build and invest in start-up companies. He was successful in his effortsand investments as he had applied his corporate knowledge andexperience learned at GE. He most recently retired from his position asCEO and Chairman of Trans-Pharma Pharmaceuticals after complicationswith his heart.Roland has decided to pass on some of his life’s experiences for all toenjoy and perhaps compare to parallels in ones’ own life. His next book“Sonny” provides more insight to his development and family from anearly age and his wartime activities."

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About the Author

Roland Roberts was born on a ranch in New England. While a youngster, he was influenced by Dr. Robert Goddard, the father of Rocketry, and after serving his country in the front lines of battle, he returned to college to finish his Engineering degree on the GI bill. He was hired after receiving his degree by General Electric to work in the Missiles & Space Division and relocated to Vandenberg AFB. He was there on classified assignments to the Air Force Ballistic Space Department. He later served his country as a technical adviser to the Strategic Air Command in Omaha Nebraska for two years. He returned to Vandenberg AFB to assist in the development of the Minute Man Missile System and led the effort for down range recovery of its nosecone. Roland next accepted a contract with the GE Nuclear Fuel Design program as Senior Design Engineer for Boiling Water Nuclear Power Plants. After serving GE's desires for 15 years, he took an early retirement to build and invest in start-up companies. He was successful in his efforts and investments as he had applied his corporate knowledge and experience learned at GE. He most recently retired from his position as CEO and Chairman of Trans-Pharma Pharmaceuticals after complications with his heart. Roland has decided to pass on some of his life's experiences for all to enjoy and perhaps compare to parallels in ones' own life. His next book "Sonny" provides more insight to his development and family from an early age and his wartime activities.

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Publisher
Xlibris
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1465367829
ISBN 13 
9781465367822
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
78

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