Rob died March 4, 2020, at his home in Walla Walla. He received his B.A. in Industrial Technology from Washington State University in 1968 and then spent four years in the USAF. Rob had a 31-year career with the USFS before retiring in 1997. He was FMO on the Lochsa R.D. in Kooskia for twenty of those years.

Rob was the cook on Tom Kovalicky's TRAMPS crew for 12 years. "He was a volunteer, an outstanding organizer, and all on his own dime," said Tom.