ROBIN MUMFORD
47 South Bay Avenue, Highlands New Jersey 07732
EDUCATION
1952 BSC (SPECIAL) CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS, MATHEMATICS, GEOLOGY. LONDON UNIVERSITY
1977ELECTED FELLOW RUBBER AND PLASTICS INSTITUTE
EMPLOYMENT
1980CONSULTANT BUSINESS START UPS LIGHTING AND VISION RELATED TOPICS. LOW STRESS BENIGN OPTICAL ENVIRONMENTS. OPTICAL SYSTEMS FOR INTENSE VISUAL WORK, FOR SADS, DYSLEXIA, VDT EFFICIENCY, LOW VISION
1962-68,1972-80ALLIED CHEMICAL CORPORATION
DIRECTOR VENTURE MANAGEMENT
VICE PRESIDENT INDUSTRIAL FIBERS
1968-1972DUPLAN CORPORATION
PRESIDENT NARROW FABRICS DIVISION
GROUP PRESIDENT APPAREL COMPONENTS GROUP
1962GREENGATE AND IRWELL RUBBER THREAD
1960PLAYTEX LIMITED TECHNICAL MANAGER
1956-60NATURAL RUBBER PRODUCERS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
LIGHTING AND WORKPLACE RADIATIONS. Robin has worked with numerous medical, technical and end user groups to develop new testing systems for visual stress and means of testing the lighting environment and harmful radiations such as UV. Large gains in stamina, visual acuity, efficiency and concentration are produced by low stress lighting.
SAFETY PROGRAMS. The design and monitoring of improved safety and reliability programs in the office and industry has been an ongoing activity for the past 30 years..
AFFILIATIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Author of 10 patents and invention records, 5 trade articles in the fields of Developmental Delays, Dyslexia, Optics, Fibers, Plastics, Rubber and Vision Testing. Collaborated in GE Edison award 1988. Director of PS 32 Project 2000, Speaker at Vision99 conference. Nationally listed by Teltech Expert Service.
Most recent patent deals with facilitating reading. The work has been described in the New York Times, The San Francisco Examiner, Washington Post and Development Delay Resources. Cooperative work with New York schools and the National Association for Visually Handicapped.-
“Lighting and Visual Efficiency” Journal of Optometric Visual Development Fall 2002
Aging in Rural America Conference WVU 2002
“Quantitative Assessment of Visual Ergonomics” presented to 1999 International Low Vision Conference in New Yorik
EDUCATION ACTIVITIES
Mathematics Teaching Hatfield University in the UK.
ESL activities with Rutgers University
SAT Preparation NJ and Brooklyn. Private students, at a local high school and at a Learning Center. This involved both the verbal and mathematics.
Co Director of the Design Team at PS 32 on Staten Island. This prepared a grant for the America 2000 initiative and several others involving the complete design of the school. This particular grant did not materialize but others did. This school is presently ranked the highest on Staten Island in their verbal and mathematics standardized test scores.
PS 142 in Manhattan. Central city school, 80% Latin student body. Worked with ESL students and improved environments.
Director of the National Association for Visually Handicapped
Chairman of the Trustees, Central Park Historical Society Parent of Training Company,active in Literacy Enhancement Activities
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