Robert E. Ogilvie, MIT 1952, 1923 - 2013, was a professor emeritus of metallurgy in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He served in the Navy during World War II and pursued undergraduate studies at Gonzaga University and the University of Washington. He came to MIT for graduate school in 1950, studying x-ray absorption analysis with Professor John T. Norton. Another application of the electron microanalyzer was the examination of meteorites; the instrument could determine the objects thermal history and the size of the original body of which the meteorite was a fragment. Ogilvie was a member of the Harvard-Smithsonian Meteorite Discussion group, and in 2000 he was recognized for his long-time involvement and contributions with a named minor planet, 3973 Ogilvie. At MIT, he taught Fundamentals of Crystallography and X-Ray Diffraction, Electron Optics, Materials Laboratory, and Celestial Navigation. He directed the X-Ray and Electron Optics Lab at MIT and served as president of the Electron Probe Analysis Society of America.