Robert Craig, 69, an environmental scientist, manager and corporate officer for environmental companies in Oak Ridge for nearly 40 years, died Thursday, July 18, at his home.

Dr. Craig, of Oak Ridge, was born April 22, 1944, in Washington, D.C. He was the son of Glenn Horace Craig and Evelyn May Craig, who predeceased him. His friends remember him as a very involved and concerned scientist, and a man with a big heart.

He was retired from MSE Technology Applications, where he served as regional vice president from 2006 to 2012. He came to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Environmental Sciences Division in 1974, where he headed the Environmental Impacts Program.

Dr. Craig was director of the Hazardous Waste Remedial Actions Program (HAZWRAP) from 1984-1994. The program, under his leadership, became a large organization supported by the U.S. Department of Energy and Work for Others program that created hundreds of jobs in Oak Ridge.

In 1994, he helped establish M4 Environmental Technology in Oak Ridge and served as executive vice president until 1997. He later served as vice president of OHM Corporation and senior vice president of Informatics Corp. [Read more…]