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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.

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