User:ThurmanRK

Career
Sailor Second Mate Merchant Marine; United States Navy Commander 1941–63, Salvage Diving Sch., Bayonne, NJ, 1954–57 Operational boss Antarctic Operation, 1960–63; which resulted in the highest summit (780 m) in Bravo Hills along the edge of Ross Ice Shelf, located between the mouths of Gough and Le Couteur Glaciers was named by US-ACAN for Cdr. Robert K. Thurman, USN, Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1963. To view the entry at our website goto  > :P3_ANTAR_ID,P3_TITLE:15277%2CThurman%2C%20Mount

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Ops. Mgr. Merret, Chapman and Scott, NYC, 1963–95.

Personal
THURMAN, ROBERT KENNETH; born in Cashmere, Washington on July 9, 1914 to Robert LeRoy and Lucille May Thurman

Married Vera Mary Marotta August 10, 1945; she passed away Nov. 13, 1994; Robert adopted Vera's biological son Frank J. (deceased) 1935-98; together they adopted Robert LeRoy

Married Mary Frederick Steber, Jan. 3, 1997; step-children: Julie Goss, Mark Steber, Bill Steber, Michael Steber

Master Mason: Washington Riverside Lodge, Aaron Lodge; Shriner: Sabbar Shriners (noble 2003–09) Wally Byam Caravan Club International

Republican Roman Catholic

Avocations:
•Amateur radio (W7HLD)

•travel