Robert was born on October 12,1927 in Dillon, Montana to Gladys and McKinley Brownfield who then moved the family to Los Angeles, California. He enlisted in the US Navy in 1945 just as WWII was ending and, after serving, graduated from Occidental College in 1953 going on to receive his PhD in Chemistry from University of California, Los Angeles in 1959.
Accepting a job with Lederle Labs in Pearl River, NY, Robert and his first wife Beatrix Edmunds, whom he married in 1951, moved across the country and went on to have three children. In their years together he consequently worked for Miles Laboratories and Hoffmann La-Roche. They divorced in 1975.
Robert married Beatrice Pellet from Switzerland in 1981 and they had two children, moving to Wilmington, North Carolina where he worked for Applied Analytical Industries.
Robert is pre-deceased by his brother Jack Brownfield and his wife Beatrice. He is survived by sons Andrew (Erin) Brownfield of Apex, North Carolina, Jack S. Brownfield of San Francisco, John B. Brownfield of Seattle; daughters Maya F. (Michael) Brownfield of Wilmington, North Carolina, Adèle K. (John) Talty of New York City; grandchildren Dayton R. and Alex P. Brownfield of Apex, North Carolina, Claire J. Talty of Denver, Colorado, McKinley J. Talty of Salt Lake City, Utah, Cooper G. Talty of Burlington, Vermont and Hadley B. Talty of Breckenridge, Colorado.
Robert loved to camp and, never without a bevy of very sharp pencils, he had a fond affection for word games (Jotto in particular) and Sudoku. May he rest in peace after a nice long life.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.CobleGreenlawn.com for the Brownfield family.
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