Having received the BS degree in 1965 Robert married his sorority
sweetheart, left his hometown for a job
in Pennington, Wisconsin. He had one child, a boy with Messingworth's
syndrome, and separated from his wife in 1972. His job as a buyer
for the Grants department store chain was eliminated with the
chain's bankruptcy. He left Pennington in 1978. Robert is now
a service representative for Mid-Atlantic Reproductive Stations in
Ralston, West Virginia. Single. Looking.
An excellent student, Robert obtained a job as a trainee with
Stubart, Rollins and Cident in New York City. He rapidly advanced
to junior partner but abruptly left the firm in 1983 and returned
to his hometown of Jonesboro, Georgia. With his father he established
a gunite application business but failed to survive the
first year of operation. He is presently the owner of Triple
A Tax Accounting Services. Still a bachelor, Robert is vice president
of the Jonesboro Rotary and a deacon.
As an education graduate Robert began teaching biology at Willamet
High School in Willamet, Ohio. He obtained his Masters
degree in Secondary Education in 1976 and has been assistant
principle since 1981. His hobbies include model railroading and
stodgiest transcription. Married since high school, he has three
girls, one of whom was a runner-up in the 1984 Miss Ohio contest. He
is the secretary of the Ohio Education Coalition and was a Willamet
Winner in two previous Willamet Centurian surveys.
Since returning to his hometown of Sparta, North Carolina, Robert
married a local belle and joined his father in an asphalt supply
firm. Since 1980, he has been assistant director of personnel
and a member of the board of directors. While a member of the
Timberwing Commandeers he spent a year in India and set up an
exchange program with the city of Tralmutomir. Since that time,
nine "Frindians" have visited Sparta and the SparTral
Bead Company has been formed as a joint venture.
Robert left school after his junior year to help support his
family after they were involved in a tragic auto accident. His
work with his quadriplegic sister and paraplegic mother led to
his forming the Friends in Need organization. Now the
National Director, Robert cites over 20,000 cases of aid to the
physically challenged. Still happily married to his high school
sweetheart, he is an elder in the Freamont Church of Christ and
cares for his sister and mother in the family home in Simms,
SC.
While attending graduate school in philosophy, Robert met and
married a classmate who received her Doctorate in Art History
at the same time Robert received his Phd. in Sianotic Dialecticism.
Both have taught at numerous colleges and universities. He now
teaches an Introduction to Philosophy course at TriCities Community
College in Temack, Utah. She is a housewife who works hard at
the task of raising their four teenage children. He is an Oman
in the Mormon Church and an avid fisherman.
As a confirmed bachelor, Robert has time for numerous avocations
as well as vocations. Since leaving school he has worked as a
cook, a librarian, a barge-hand, and too many other occupations
to mention. In addition, he teaches skiing, tennis and massage
in Victoria, Colorado. According to Robert he still finds time
to chase the ladies and help in the local Hands Aiding Homeless
Asians drive. Robert was one of the founders of H.A.H.A. last
year while also serving as a member of Save Our Sea Otters.
While captain of the Hannover Men's Soccer team for the past
three years, Robert has led his team to the regional finals twice
and won last year's trophy. He has various hobbies, including
swimming and diving, and is responsible for Hanover's
Christmas decorations every year, and has done an outstanding
job according to the Hannover director. A real family
man, according to his mother, Robert has been helping remodel
the family home in Treamont, West Virginia.
Robert, the only son of an illustrious federal judge, completed
law school and joined the bar in 1971. Since establishing his
own practice he has devoted himself exclusively to the poor and
downtrodden. He became the first attorney to actively advertise
his services to indigent and unemployed workers injured in industrial
accidents but not receiving adequate compensation. He has defended
thousands who would otherwise have suffered alone, and has won
millions of dollars for these poor workers.
A true child of the sixties, Robert says he still holds the
values of that decade as his life goals. He and his wife
Alice live on a small farm outside Kayougan, Arkansas. They have
three grown children, two of whom live and work adjoining farms.
They take pride in having been self-sufficient farmers for almost
twenty years. Robert does smithing for area farmers, cultivates "various" crops,
raises and sells catfish and avoids the "establishment" at
all costs. Peace, man.
A four year ROTC cadet in school, Robert joined the Navy upon
graduation. Now retired after twenty years of loyal service,
he is supplementing his pension by operating Robert's Shooting
School and Pawn Shop in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Once again
a bachelor, he likes to attend the VFW's weekly dinner dance
and "scout the chicks". An avid hunter, Robert says
he bags his limit "and a little more" of deer, turkey,
ducks, squirrels, rabbits and "whatever else is moving out
there" each year.
Some people have all the luck! Three years after leaving school,
Robert won over $4 million in the Pennsylvania lottery while
visiting his brother in Towaki Springs. He says it didn't really
change his life all that much. He traveled extensively
for a few years but began to hate it and finally settled in Rock
Hills, Oregon, where he now oversees real estate interests he
accumulate over the years. Working 10 to 12 hour days, he says
the four million was good for "priming the pump.
Robert contracted Mendosi's Disease shortly after graduating
with his Master's Degree in Business Administration in 1973.
The slow progress of the disease didn't stop him from pursuing
a career however. He worked for Pruitt International for nine
years, became a regional manager, married and had a healthy
baby boy - Robert, Jr. Unfortunately, Robert lost the battle
he fought so well, and in 1985 he passed away. We thank
Robert for his courage and example to us all.
In 1966 Robert reported for active duty after his four years
of Air Force ROTC. One of the first to go to Vietnam,
he distinguished himself as a materials officer and returned
to a hitch at the pentagon as a Major Colonel. He
ultimately achieved the rank of Colonel and was a white house
assistant and chief procurement officer. Having retired after
twenty years of service, Robert is now a vice president at a Radio
Guidance Resources International, a multi-million dollar defense
supply contractor.
Having been a Chi Lambda Omega throughout his college days,
and serving as chapter president during his junior and senior
years, Robert took a job in the administration of the national
chapter headquarters after graduation. He says that he wanted
to give back a little to the brothers that had given him so much. Having
served in various capacities, including Spirit Chief and Brotherhood
Unity Coordinator, Robert is now the Associate President of the
national chapter and still a "Chi Lo" man.
Now living in Turtle Canyon, Texas, Robert abandoned his studies
in his junior year to "become a cowboy". He was a ranch
hand, cook, "and bottle washer" for several years,
but finally met that certain someone in 1978 and had to settle
down. Now with three "cowgirls" to raise and a wife about to "foal" Robert
is owner/operator of a Circle Brand Donut Shoppe franchise. He
hopes to save enough to get his own version of South Fork
Ranch in the near future.
One of the first to leave us, Robert died in a tragic industrial
accident in 1977. He had become a much sought after molecular
plastics specialist after his graduation in chemical engineering.
While serving as a consultant for the state department
he was sent to Tinpat, Bali, to help set up an injection molding
satellite operation producing flexible Buddhist deities for Indonesia.
An ill fitted form collapsed and killed Robert and eight Balinese
workers. We miss him as do his wife Wanda and daughter Shreena.
Our own rock and roll star, Robert (as you all know) formed
the group Blue Fur while still in school and quickly gained fame
with their big hit "Love Them All Just The Same". He
says the fast life was a "blast" while it lasted. Now
living in Florence, Alabama, Robert has settled down to a "square" existence
in his little country home, but still plays a few "oldies
gigs" and supports his wife, horses and nine dogs as a studio
musician in the Muscle Shoals area.
"How To Be Sincere". "You Are What You Are". "Think
Not Want Not". These are just some of the books written by perhaps
our most famous member. Robert was always the mover and shaker.
Class president, debate team, Junior Achievement mentor were
just a few of his achievements before "real life".
As one of America's best recognized motivational speakers, he
has inspired a generation of business and governmental leaders
to greatness. Sorry to have to be so brief, Robert. But, thanks.
As a father of five, Robert lists parenting as his occupation.
He is, never the less, a plumber who owns his own business. Having
just completed construction of a new 4200 square foot home, he
says things are going better than he would have predicted.
A hard worker, Robert now has twenty employees, and contracts
institutional plumbing through out Florida. A resident of Orlando,
he is a Rotarian, a lay minister in the Pentecostal church and
a candidate for county commissioner in his district.
Robert is our most distant member, having recently established
residence in Tocabad, Estonia. A counselor with Positive Life
Consort, he serves as a companion on PLC affiliates' self-analysis
explorations called InnerSelf Surfing. Since Tocabad is the consort's
international headquarters and home of founder Shnelson Stoffelmier,
Robert is participating in the two year certification program
whereby he will become a full fledged Trident, thereby enabling
him to recruit and train other counselors.
A Vice-President of Tertiary Traffic Consolidation with Polemic
Requesters Facilitating Systems, a subsidiary of Gulf Western
Corporation, Robert has just received his twenty-five year pin. A
company man and a family man, he is still married to his high
school sweetheart. They have two lovely children, Kathy and Robert,
Jr., both in college. Robert loves to golf and plays handball
every day at lunch. His wife, Wendy, is a substitute teacher
and heads the Love That Library Society in Paynefiel, PA.
Boldly going where no man has gone before. Such a description
fits Robert to a tee. As a field explorer for GEOCO
petroleum exploration company, he has been to some of the most
in assessable regions on earth looking for that black
gold. Though petroleum engineers have had a rough go in recent
years, Robert has been exploring for GEOCO for eighteen straight
years. He says his greatest adventure was in the rainforests
of Paraguay where he was nearly eaten by Indians. He now
resides in Goodfalls, VA.
Now living in Resida, California, Robert is a set designer.
He has done work for shows we all recognize, such as "Mod
Squad", "The Glenn Campbell Show", "This
Old Family", "Win Lot'sa Stuff" and l others too
numerous to mention. Recently divorced, he has one grown son
living "somewhere in LA". Asked about his most exciting
moment, Robert recalled "...just after arriving in LA, when
I wound up on a bar stool next to Buddy Epson and we chatted
about nothing for a couple of hours.
Robert is our most notorious member. After serving a hitch in
Vietnam, he came back, finished Law School and after campaigning
for governor Carl Sachaet of Idaho, became assistant to the attorney
general. Charged in the well known "Coalgate" influence
buying scandal in 1978, Robert spent two and a half years
in federal prison. Still married and living in Washington
state, Robert has not responded to any of our inquiries.
Like most "children of the sixties" Robert felt the
need to contribute something to his fellow humans. This led him
to join the Peace Corps in 1971. He spent two years in Tilma,
Peru, and finally moved to Argentina in 1973. There he met his
present wife, Irene, a Welsh native and the local physician.
They both moved back to Alexander City, Alabama, where they presently
reside. Robert does carpentry and cabinet work, fishes
for "BASS", and is a "househusband.
Want your milk delivered? Robert my be one of the last people
left who can really deliver. A true to life milkman in Wyatt,
Illinois, he has been making morning deliveries for the last
fourteen years. He says his is a dying breed, but that he loves
the job and the people on his route. They seem to love him too,
having elected him mayor of Wyatt three straight terms. After
all, what else does a milkman have l to do after
eight in the morning? Robert is married with three grown boys
and has no time for hobbies.
A forest ranger in Tolamega Forest, Robert loves the rural life.
Living in the small town of Pea Creek, South Carolina, he spends
his spare time building a thirty-five foot, two mast, stamrod
sailing boat in his old barn. He also raises a few head of Demarank
Burmese cattle, "mostly as pets I guess". His son,
Mark, is a catcher with the Cincinnati Reds farm team is Winston-Salem,
and expects to "go up maybe next year". We'll keep
our fingers crossed Robert.
A "fast tracker" best describes Robert. A regional
vice president at age thirty-two, he is now the CEO of Whitman
and Wiggens, one of the nations largest conglomerates. Manufacturing
and distributing "everything from butter to guns",
W&W's real job is "buying and selling other companies".
Robert's specialty is finance. He holds the MBA from Whorton
and has a law degree as well. "I balance my check
book" for leisure recreation, says Robert. He is
married.
Well into his second career, Robert left his job as an underwriter
at Hartford insurance in 1983. He went back to school
to learn architecture, his first love. With the help and support
of his wife, Dorothy, and his two young daughters, he completed
the degree in record time and immediately set up his own firm
in Livingston, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. Now growing
rapidly with more work than he can handle alone expanding operations,
and hopes to "hire my kids when they graduate".
Robert has spent the last twenty years with the Army Corps of
Engineers. As an economist, he has been involved in economic
research regarding the impact of land use redirection in latent
tidal tributary boundary areas. In that time some twelve
million acres of land have sustained volatile reorientation under
his direction. Robert has also found time to act as Boy Scout
leader for the southern regional district of Texas. Still a bachelor,
he hunts Native American artifacts and is "into bodybuilding".
As a sculptor and art instructor, Robert has developed a regional
and national reputation with his sculptures. He teaches
at Potter College in Williamstown, Minnesota. His pieces are
collected by patrons throughout the country. He received a Freeman
Fellowship in 1988 and shows in many exhibitions around Minnesota
each year. Married with one daughter, Robert says that art "...makes
life more like a long journey with less baggage at the end". At
least we know one famous artist.
Now living in Tacoma, Washington, Robert has moved around quite
a bit over the years. He went to work for Fuller Muffler Markets
after receiving his associate degree in 1963. Within ten years
he owned some twenty franchises in the Miami area. Leaving the "whole
shebang" to his ex-wife and two daughters in 1979, he has
lived in thirteen states and Puerto Rico since. Having just found "...a
wonderful new lady" he intends to settle down with, Robert
is thinking about starting another business
A merchandising specialist with J. C. Penny, Robert intends
to retire in just twelve more years. He will have in more
than thirty-five years. My, how time flies! He has five lovely
children and is a grandfather! He golfs "religiously" and
builds model airplanes which he races. His condo in Charleston,
South Carolina is just minutes from the ocean where he beach
walks year round. An officer in the Junior Chamber of Commerce,
Robert loves "meeting people and comparing portfolios".
Following graduation from the Baptist Theological Seminary,
Robert pastored a church in Lumpkin, Arkansas. Called to be an
evangelist in 1976, he eventually founded his own church in Denton,
Texas. Since that small beginning he has built a congregation
of over eight thousand and is involved in overseas mission
work and developing a fledgling television ministry. With his
wife, Coretta, and sons Josh and Mat, Robert says that, "...taking
the word to those that are in need is what we live for".
Robert is a comptroller for Sumpter Mills in Wyonette, Georgia.
He worked as an auditor for Peat, Marwick and Associates until
1977 when he "got out of the rat race" and moved to
Wyonette with his wife and two children. He is an officer in
the National Association of Certified Public Accountants and has
written several articles for journal, "Accounting Alive". Robert
loves golf and antique cars, collects guitars, and likes
to "attend motivational lectures for fun and fortune".
While between jobs in 1973, Robert took up writing "just
to see if I could do it". His first attempt was accepted
for publication by Purile Press. Now, after thirteen novels,
he is an established author. You might recognize him by
his pseudonym, Myrtle Compton. He divides his time between Hilton
Head, Manhattan, and Nice. "It certainly beats working
at fast food takeouts", which was Robert's main occupation
prior to taking up writing. A "renewed bachelor", he
has two grown children.
Living on his small sailboat, Robert enjoys the easy life in
the tropics. He sold a thriving book business in Irvine,
California, six years ago, bought a boat and sailed to the Caribbean.
Working mostly out of the Windward Leawards, he repairs engines
for boats throughout the islands. For three months each year
he sails "to the horizon" in search of adventure. Robert
seems to have found what we all want and sends this message, "Do
it NOW! I don't know why I waited so long".
As the Director of Operational Resource Dissemination for Widgetel
Hydrox Thermodyne, Robert says his job is the "...keylink
to integrating the interface systems of Widgetel's Mineral Immergent
Docent Supply and the Source and Sinoidial Sound Review Concentration." Though
his job demands most of his time, he still likes to play
catch with his stepson, Joey, and otherwise "build a strong
bond with the family". He also teaches Sunday School
at the First Baptist Church of Wessup, Wisconsin.
Robert writes that what he does for a living is "...none
of your damn business. Government security." He lists his
affiliations as Communist Youth League leader and the Veterans
of Foreign Wars. His hobbies are "collecting Monty Hall
memorabilia and building large potato powered generators".
He says he is a graduate of Jimmy Swaggert Bible College and
has done graduate work at Killing is FunDamental Survival
Academy. Robert may be having us on. |