Robert Franklin Mehl, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Robert Franklin Mehl

American metallurgist

Date of Birth: 30-Mar-1898

Date of Death: 29-Jan-1976

Profession: engineer, metallurgist

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Robert Franklin Mehl (March 30, 1898 – January 29, 1976) was an American metallurgist. Mehl was noted for transforming of nineteenth-century metallurgy into the modern materials science. He was the founder and the head of a division of Physical metallurgy at the Naval Research Laboratory and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. The American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers established a gold medal award in his name in 1973.