Robert Frank: Christ's Team
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Religion |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Location | Rock Island, Illinois, United States |
| Introduction | I have had a very interesting life. As a young man in the 1950s and '60s, I was a research physicist at General Motors Research Laboratories near Detroit. Those were exciting days. General Motors dominated the automotive industry I was involved in Materials Science, a new field of research. My research was published in a number of international journals. At the same time, Rhoda and I were busy taking care of our three daughters and helping establish a new mission congregation for the Lutheran Church in a suburb of Detroit. After I had been at GM 10 years, however, I learned of the need for the development of the physics department at Augustana, a Lutheran college in Rock Island, Illinois. Rhoda and I did some soul searching and decided that God needed me at Augustana. I felt that young Christian leaders should be well trained in science. So we moved and that became a new adventure for us. I enjoyed teaching the eager young students and the physics department became strong. In addition, I was able to continue my research, collaborating with scientists at Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Illinois. |