Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Baum, Robert Albert February 20, 2009
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  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 2/22/2009
  Baum, Robert Albert   
   
  Robert Albert Baum, an aerospace engineer whose work contributed to manned and 
  unmanned space-flight, died peacefully at home on February 20, 2009 with his 
  family. He was 72 years old. Robert was born in Lebanon, PA on April 27, 1936. 
  After graduating from Lebanon High School, he proudly served his country as a 
  Communications Specialist in the U.S. Air Force. After his discharge, he 
  attended Pennsylvania State University where he graduated summa cum laude with 
  a bachelors of science in physics. He received his masters in engineering 
  science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His career was devoted to the 
  integrity of flight in the U.S. Space Program, U.S. Military, and commercial 
  ventures. He worked for 33 years at Hamilton Standard primarily in the design 
  and implementation of inertial guidance and flight control systems – through 
  the Apollo and Space Shuttle Programs to the nation's top fighter jets. For the 
  past 10 years, he has been the managing partner of his consulting firm, Sof-
  Sys, LLC, where he continued his work in guidance, flight control, and fault 
  tolerant control systems. He was an associate fellow of the American Institute 
  of Aeronautics, a senior fellow of the American Astronautical Society, and a 
  member of the Institute of Navigation, the Connecticut Academy of Science and 
  Engineering, Phi Kappa Phi, and Sigma Pi Sigma. He served for 45 years as the 
  Treasurer of the Connecticut Valley Chapter of the Pennsylvania State Alumni 
  Association. He received numerous awards, among them were the NASA Manned 
  Flight Awareness Award (1970), the United Technologies Award for Extraordinary 
  Achievement in Product Design (1982), and the United Technologies Mead Medal 
  for Engineering Achievement (1984). Robert was a devoted and loving husband, 
  father, and grandfather. He leaves his wife Janet, his son Jim and daughterin-
  law Brenda, and his grandsons Patrick and Mathias. He also leaves his sisters 
  and brothers-in-law Dorothy and Al Schwartz (Lebanon, PA), Marian and Karl 
  Peters (Lebanon, PA), and Carole and Richard Goodwin (Orlando, FL) as well as 
  nieces and nephews. To his family and friends he bequeaths a rich treasury of 
  warm memories. A memorial service celebrating his life will be held Saturday, 
  February 28, 10:30 a.m. at The First Congregational Church, 184 Cherry Brook 
  Road, Canton Center, CT with the Reverend Susan M. Prichard officiating. 
  Private burial will be at the convenience of the family. No flowers please; 
  donations may be made to the North Kingstown Special Olympics at Special 
  Olympics Rhode Island, Attn: Donations, 33 College Hill Rd., Bldg. #31, 
  Warwick, RI 02886. Vincent Funeral Home, Canton, CT is assisting the family 
  with the arrangements.  
  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 2/22/2009  
  
  
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