Robert Rabb

Hometown: Amarillo, TX

PSU Connection: Employee

School: University Park

Department: College of Engineering

Position: Associate Dean for Education

Memorable moment in your Penn State career: Serving as Associate Dean for Education in the College of Engineering

Active Duty or Veteran: Veteran

Branch: Army

Rank: LTC

Rate/MOS: Engineer

Where/when did you serve: Fort Carson, CO; Saudi Arabia; Germany; Bosnia; University of Texas at Austin; United States Military Academy, West Point, NY; Fort Leavenworth, KS; Fort Leonard Wood, MO; Afghanistan; Winchester, VA; 1988-2013

Awards: Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Commendation Medal, Achievement Medal, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Superior Unit Award, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Nato Medal, Kuwait Liberation Medal

What was your favorite military assignment/duty station and why? Teaching at West Point. I worked with so many different people from different military and civilian backgrounds and specialties. We were all committed to ensuring the best possible academic and professional opportunities for the cadets.

Robert Rabb, Army, LTC (ret), served 25 years in military service. He recently served at The Citadel in Charleston, SC as the Mechanical Engineering Department Head before joining Penn State. His last assignment in the military was at the Trans-Atlantic Division of the Army Corps of Engineers, assisting in the reconstruction effort in Iraq and Afghanistan. In Afghanistan, he worked with the Combined Forces Special Operations Command and served as an AFPAK Hand, embedded in the Ministry of Energy and Water where he helped the ministry coordinate $10 billion of energy projects. Robert currently serves as the Associate Dean for Education in the College of Engineering at Penn State.