Walter Robb (engineer)

Walter Lee Robb was an American engineer, business executive, and philanthropist. In 2000, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society.
Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in April 1928, he was a recipient of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation in 1993. He was a Research & Development executive for General Electric. He owned a few local sports teams, purchasing the minor-league hockey franchise of the Albany River Rats in 1998.
Robb died from COVID-19 at a hospital in Schenectady, New York, on March 23, 2020, at the age of 91.