APGA president from 1975 to 1977, Bob died April 29, 2022, of heart disease in Salt Lake City. He was 92.
Bob began his studies at UCLA, pursued a master’s degree at the University of Utah, and earned a Ph.D. in politics from Princeton in 1960. As a Fulbright scholar, Bob earned a D.Phil. from Oxford.
An authority on U.S. national security policy, international organizations, and military biography, Bob held faculty and administrative positions at the University of Pittsburgh, George Washington University, SUNY Binghamton, the University of South Carolina (Dag Hammarskjold visiting professor), and the University of New Orleans, where he was dean of the graduate school. He held positions at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research and at the Army, Naval and Air war colleges. Bob’s international posts included Fourah Bay College in Sierra Leone and the University of Lancaster (U.K.) as a Fulbright professor.
Bob appreciated his Mormon pioneer heritage and was active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He maintained lifelong friendships from his Air Force days, where he was an officer and earned a Bronze Star Medal.
He is survived by his wife, Jane; children Sara, Rebecca, Bob, and David; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
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